Issue 1325: Ian Powrie's Farewell to Scotland (recording)
- Object
- A Birl Roond Forfar (Album)
- Submitter
- Brian Charlton (BrianCharlton)
- Assigned to
- Meinhard Reiser
- Priority
- Normal
- Disposition
- Fixed
- Description
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This dance is a strathspey, not a reel as listed in the database and on the tracks of the CD “A Birl Roond Forfar”. I do not have a copy of the original instructions, but the Minicrib notes that the dance contains HC setting (Highland Schottische) which is in strathspey time. It also lists the dance as a 64 bar reel. This may go back to Napier’s Index, which lists the dance as a hornpipe. The listing of the CD on the database also lists it as a Reel, but the music is definitely a strathspey. I have a copy of the original CD and have checked web sites selling the CD.
Previous Actions
- Date Jan. 6, 2018, 10:48 p.m.
- User Brian Charlton (BrianCharlton)
New issue submitted
- Date Jan. 7, 2018, 12:59 a.m.
- User Eric Ferguson (EricFerguson)
Subject changed to »Ian Powrie’s Farewell to Scotland (recording)« (previously »Ian Powrie’s Farewell to Scotland«)
Assigned changed to »castle_ghost« (previously »None«)
SCDDB lists a publication “Ian Powrie’s Farewell to Scotland” by Hugh Foss.
That publication lists only one dance, "Ian Powrie’s Farewell to Scotland, a Reel, by Margaret P A Thomson, and just one tune of the same name, by Jimmy Blue.
The entry for that tune states that it is used for two dances, the second one being a Strathspey “The Isle of May” by Lily Davison.
The Minicrib indeed lists the dance as a Reel, but the crib has HS setting.
I have set the progression of the dance to “once only”.
I am assigning this issue to Heiko, as he added this dance to the database last July.
Could someone please send us the original instructions? According to a list he sent me, MalcolmBrown has a copy
- Date Jan. 9, 2018, 12:21 p.m.
- User Heiko Schmidt (castle_ghost)
Assigned changed to »meinhard« (previously »castle_ghost«)
Disposition changed to »Being handled« (previously »New«)
Hi Eric,
I did not enter “Ian Powrie’s Farewell To Scotland” last year, but just updated some information just as you did.
The dance is already in SCDDB for a long time (ID 3058 out of 17907 dances).
Neither do I have the recording.
The leaflet description does actually not state what type of dance it is. However, I take the presence of the Highland Schottische Setting is proof enough for me to update the dance’s type.
Then I will reassign the issue to Meinhard, since he has actually added (or just changed) the CD “Birl Roond Forfar” last November.
@Meinhard: do you have access to the CD information to check and update the type of the recording?
Cheers, Heiko
- Date Jan. 9, 2018, 3:19 p.m.
- User Meinhard Reiser (meinhard)
Disposition changed to »Fixed« (previously »Being handled«)
Dance typ correcred to Strathspey
Meinhard