Georgian-Era Tune and Dance Books - Circa 1800
Source:
Toronto Public Library
Composer:
Trad.
Region:
South Central
Circa:
1800-1849
Year:
1800
Audio 1 is "Tars of The Victory" and other tunes played by Ian Bell, Anne Lederman and Peter Alexander.
Audio 2 is a MIDI file MP3 of Talavera Reel (Named for a Battle in the Napoleonic Wars)
LE SYLPHE AND PURDAY & BUTTONS COUNTRY DANCES - These are pages from a couple of cheaply printed dance instruction books with tunes. They were printed in the UK but ended up in Upper Canada. I found them at the Toronto Public Library. One was called "Le Sylphe" the other was something like "Purday & Button's Country Dances for 1808. I found reference to one of these dances being done at a party aboard a ship in York (Toronto) in 1816. Scroll past the story to see eighteen tunes with dance figures from these books.
A brig similar to the HMS Charwell
Talavera Reel
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DANCE
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