Composition: A Collection of Scots Measures (McGlashan, Alexander)

Title A Collection of Scots Measures
Alternative title A collection of Scots measures hornpipes jigs allemands cotillons. And the fashionable country dances with a bass for the violoncello or harpsichord
Creators Alexander McGlashan (composer)
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Instrumentation harpsichord
cello and soprano
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First published 1778
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Composition types Country dances, Ecossaises, Hornpipes, Gigues
Period Classical
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Metronome Key Measures
Vertigo
A trip to oatland
Black dance
The feathers
The grove
Catches and glees
Johnny's gray breeckes
Jig
La seculere
The bottom of the punch bowl
Bessy Bell and Mary Gray
Janie drinks nae water
Hallo E en
Willie was a wanton wag
Wap at the widow my laddie
The prince of Wel's delight
Jamaica
Watson's
East Nook of Fyfe
My mother's ay glowring o'er me
The lass of Levingston
Come hap me with thy peticoat
The bonnist lass in a the warld
Miss Andy Campbell's
La simplicita
Steer up and had her gan
What will I do ann my hoggy die
Miss Nancy Campbell's
Maclachlane's
The lass of Patie's mill
The princes royal
O're the muir to Ketty
La quatre complosse'a
Queen Mab
The hay makers
The waterman
The merry girls of York danced by Aldridge
Danced by Aldridge
Highland laddie as danced by Aldridge
Slingsbie's province
Ridding races
Chester castle
La mignonette
La brunette
Allemand de gracs
La nevell Hollandois
Minuet
Cassac
Paddie's resource
Welcome to all strangers
The blackamoore's jig
Lamott's jig
The king's jig
Nothinghame races
Downie's rigadon
Lamott's rigadon
The high way to Warington
Britangue
Les filce de Temp'e
Lesplascer'e de Metz
Invercauld's
La nowella ballandoise
La Marquise
Labzassiene
La Julie
La double inconstance
Hornpipe
Danced in Harlequin Highlander
Pique's
The countess of Hopeton's allemande
The chorus jig
The Irish blanket
The humours of Dublin
The soldier's joy
The dyester laddie
Clark's hornpipe
The college hornpipe
Johnny Mc.Gill
The louver
Danced by Aldridge
Danced by Aldridge
The corn cutters
The Queen's fancy
Aldridge's hornpipe
The humours of Kilkenny
The wild Irish man
Danc'd by Aldridge
Aldridge's allemand
Hornpipe danc'd by Aldridge's
Molonie's gig
The wheem
Trip to Clumber
The sow's tail to Geordie
Cacina
The spa dance
The graces

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