Sarabands. Musical compositions.
Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: Pieces of music composed to accompany a saraband (a slow, stately Spanish dance in triple time). Source: 'Concise Oxford English dictionary', 11th edition (Oxford, 2004).
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Gairdyn manuscript: a collection of songs, marches, minuets, sarabands, country dances, etc., 1710, 1729, 1735, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3298 [Glen.37]
Scope and Contents
Of most tunes, only a few bars are given. On folio iv are verses beginning 'Than what shall be done with this traitor in grain' and 'When fierce Renegado cam first to the toun'. A short 'Inventar of household plenishing' appears on folio 42 verso. The dates 1710, 1729, and 1735 occur on folios 40, 40 verso, and 51.
Dates:
1710, 1729, 1735, undated.