Toby's given a great selection of the classic titles, but I think there are a number of more modern collections also worthy of consideration, particularly for recently-composed tunes and current session/ceilidh repertoire:
1. Ho-Ro-Gheallaidh: Session Tunes for Scottish Fiddlers (2 volumes) 2. Cruinn Comhla: The Well-Travelled Fiddler 3. Fiddle Music of the Scottish Highlands (6 volumes) 4. The Ceilidh Collection for Fiddlers (4 volumes) 5. The Fiddle Music of Scotland (James Hunter) 6. The Caledonian Companion (Alastair Hardie) 7. The Scots Fiddle (J Murray Neill) (2 Volumes) In addition, Toby's list doesn't have anything from Niel Gow, so I'd include: 8. The Gow Collection of Scottish Dance Music Regards, Ted Hastings > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Toby Rider > Sent: 03 October 2002 19:04 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [scots-l] Music source books > > > Okay, I am going to cheat. I am listing a top 11. Here goes: > > 1. Athole Collection > > 2. Skye Collection > > 3. Kerr's Merry Melodies (The entire series) > > 4. Simon Fraser Collection > > 5. Glen Collection > > 6. J.S. Skinner's Harp & Claymore > > 7. Scots Guard Book #1 > > 8. The Ross Collection (The entire series) > > 9. Dungreen Collection > > 10. Jerry Holland's Tunebook #1 > > 11. Balnain Collection > > > > > Sue Richards wrote: > > I wonder whether a way to go about this is to have EACH of us > list our ten favorite books. Then we could compile that. We > should put books by committee members on a separate list. > > > > Sue > > > > > > At 10:14 AM 10/3/02 -0400, you wrote: > > > >>I'm wondering just what you would use as your music source books. > >>Would you mind sharing? I'd like to see a minimum of ten books, > listed in > >>priority order, that is the first one being the most important. > The focus should > >>be primarily Scottish, but not necessarily Scottish. > >> > >>Thanks!!!! > >> > >>-- > >>May neither your strings nor your spirit ever break, > >>May your harp and your soul always be in tune. > >>Rita > >>Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture > List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html > > > Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html > Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
