Gavottes. Musical compositions.
Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: Pieces of music composed to accompany a gavotte (a medium-paced French dance, popular in the 18th century). Source: 'Concise Oxford English dictionary', 11th edition (Oxford, 2004).
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Book of dance tunes chiefly arranged for the English guitar or the cittern., [Circa 1765.]
Item
Identifier: MS.5449
Scope and Contents
Also included are some tunes for the keyboard (folios 38-44 verso). The pieces consist, along with some Scots tunes, of minuets, gavottes, marches, etc., by composers of the day including Thomas Arne, Arcangelo Corelli, William Felton, George Frideric Handel and Johann Adolph Hasse.
Dates:
[Circa 1765.]
Microfilm of Scottish music, [1838]; and, dance tunes, [circa 1765], chiefly arranged for the English guitar or the cittern.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.389
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Volume of Scottish music, [1838], comprising airs, Lowland and Highland, songs, dances, a pibroch, etc. (MS.2086);
Book of dance tunes, [circa 1765], chiefly arranged for the English guitar or the cittern (MS.5449).
Dates:
[Circa 1765, 1838.]