TWENTY FOUR COUNTRY DANCES for the Year 1812
With Proper Tunes & Directions to each Dance as they may be performed at Court, Bath and all Public Assemblies. BURY St Edmunds. Printed & Sold by J GRAY at all Music Shops
Index of dances and tunes
The key signature given below is as in the original.
When you click through to the individual tune, you will find both the original page (with dance instructions) and, where appropriate, a transcription in a key more likely to find favour with contemporary folk instrumentation. During April 2020, with the help of volunteer Alan Helsdon, these transcriptions are being updated, with errors corrected and in additional keys accessible for instruments with a limited range and key. They are accessible as free downloadable pdfs and each tune has a short sound clip.
If anyone recognises the tunes as versions of something else, or has any additional information, we would love to hear from you- please email us.
Pg | Title | Attrib | Time | Bars | Old key | New key(s) |
4 | Argyll Rout (The) | 6\8 | 32 | G | G,D,D,C | |
2 | Bury Assembly | J Reeve | 2\4 | 32 | G | G,D |
2 | Bury Volunteers’ Hornpipe (The) | JG | 4\4 | 24 | F | D |
11 | Comet (The) | 6\8 | 32 | A | D | |
9 | Dance of Herana | 2\4 | 32 | F | D | |
10 | Drops of Old Port (The) | 2\4 | 32 | C | C | |
1 | Epping Hunt | 2\4 | 32 | C | D | |
5 | Epsom Lass | SP | 2\4 | 32 | F | G,D |
6 | Exciseman’s Rout (The) | 2\4 | 32 | C | C | |
10 | First of January 1812 (The) | J Reeve | 6\8 | 18 | A | G |
12 | Frank Oatland’s Waltz | SP | 3\4 | 16 | F | D,G |
9 | General Graham’s Hornpipe | 4\4 | 32 | F | G,D | |
5 | Hamton Court Frolicks | J Craske | 6\8 | 32 | Bb | C |
8 | Marshall Baresford’s Fancy | 2\4 | 32 | C | C | |
7 | Miss Teptop’s Reel | JG | 4\4 | 48 | Bb | D |
3 | New Forest (The) | 2\4 | 32 | F | D | |
6 | Oakwood House | 6\8 | 32 | G | D | |
11 | Old Caledonia (The) (Miss Cate’s Fancy) | 4\4 | 16 | G | G,D | |
12 | R L Spencer (The) | JC | 2\4 | 32 | C | C |
3 | Savoy (The) | 2\4 | 32 | F | D | |
4 | Story Gate | SP | 2\4 | 32 | C | C |
7 | Trip to Hengrave (A) | J Reeve | 2\4 | 32 | Bb | D |
8 | Victory (The) | 6\8 | 32 | Bb | G | |
1 | Windsor Waltz | 3\4 | 48 | Bb | D,G |