David brought some CDs back from Scotland, including "Sole Music" by The Scottish Stepdance Company, which I was interested in of course because of the stepdancing. One of the tunes on the CD is "The Battle of Waterloo," a march credited to Donald MacLeod. I have adored this tune ever since I heard it on Hamish Moore's recording, "Dannsa' air an Drochaid." Hamish plays it beautifully there and Hilda Chaisson's piano playing really sets it off. I never succeeded in finding the tune though; I was misled by the notes to that tape, which attributed the tune to J. Scott Skinner -- which didn't seem to fit the type of tune, but there it was in print. Anyway, now I see from consulting James Stewart's TuneIndex at www.ceolas.org, that "The Battle of Waterloo" is in D. MacLeod's 3rd Collection, which of course I don't have. I can learn it from the recordings so that's not so terrible. The bad thing is that the notes on the "Sole Music" CD say "a classic 4/4 march by the infamous Skye piper" which means that we must all be supposed to know why Donald MacLeod is infamous BUT I DON'T KNOW!!! So, can somebody please help me out?
- Kate D. -- http://www.DunGreenMusic.com Halifax, Nova Scotia Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
