sheet music for St John River and John McAlpin

Michael Hanson

Message 22694 · 15 Sep 2000 06:15:31 · Fixed-width font · Whole thread

A book of SCD music that I find useful is
"Leaves of Cabbage: Music for Scottish Country Dancing"
Arrangements for 128 Dances by Barbara Bouwsma and Robert McOwen

(The edition I have (2nd ed., 1979) is hand written, printed by
Photocopier - not the easiest to read, but it covers a lot of the dances
common around here. It has both the dances you asked about.)

Does anybody know if this book, or an updated version is still available?
Where, etc?

--
If you just want the tune, you could check John Chamber's SCD music
in ABC format. His search engine can display the tune as a .GIF
file that you could print from your web browser.
http://ecf-guest.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Scotland/
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Michael Hanson, Seattle, WA

On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Loretta Holz wrote:

> I am looking for sheet music for St John River and John McAlpin. I would be
> happy to purchase a book if someone can direct me to a source. The need is
> immediate so I'm hoping there is a web source or someone can send via email or
> fax.
>
> Is there a popular book that has Scottish Dance tunes? For English Country
> Dance the book by Peter Barnes seems to be the key source that every musician
> and caller has.
>
> Thanks
> Loretta
>
>
> Loretta Holz 732-356-7773 X101 (voice)
> Varitronics Systems 732-356-2340 (fax)
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