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'''CHANT RUSSE.''' AKA - "[[Chantrusse (The)]]." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in a few printed collections: Edward Riley's '''Flute Melodies''', vol. 1 (New York, 1814, p. 100), Thomas Ball's '''Gentleman's Amusement, Book 2''' (Norfolk, c. 1815, p. 12), and Wilson's '''Companion to the Ball Room''' (London, 1816, p. 84). "Chant Russe" apparently was a name for the country dance known as "Seann Truibhas Willichan," printed by Wilson and others under the "Chant Russe" title, a phonetic translation of the Scots Gaelic title.  
'''CHANT RUSSE.''' AKA - "[[Chantrusse (The)]]," "[[Chantreuse (The)]]." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in a few printed collections: Edward Riley's '''Flute Melodies''', vol. 1 (New York, 1814, p. 100), Thomas Ball's '''Gentleman's Amusement, Book 2''' (Norfolk, c. 1815, p. 12), and London dancing master Thomas Wilson's '''Companion to the Ball Room''' (London, 1816, p. 84). "Chant Russe" appears to be a phonetic translation of the Scots Gaelic title  "Seann Truibhas Willichan," the name of a Scottish country dance. The tune is called "The Chantrusse" in piper William Mackie's manuscript collection, and is printed as "[[Chantreuse (The)]]" in Thomas Preston's '''Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year 1804''') and Charles Wheatstone's '''Clarinet Preceptor''' (1801).  
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''Source for notated version'': William Mackie music manuscript collection, Aberdeen, early 19th century. Mackie was a Highland bagpiper and Scots small-piper, although his manuscript also includes sections that appear to be for flute and/or fiddle.  
''Source for notated version'': [[Biography:William Mackie]] music manuscript collection, Aberdeen, early 19th century. Mackie was a Highland bagpiper and Scots small-piper, although his manuscript also includes sections that appear to be for flute and/or fiddle.  
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''Printed sources'': Wilson ('''A Companion to the Ball Room'''), 1816; p. 84.
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CHANT RUSSE. AKA - "Chantrusse (The)," "Chantreuse (The)." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in a few printed collections: Edward Riley's Flute Melodies, vol. 1 (New York, 1814, p. 100), Thomas Ball's Gentleman's Amusement, Book 2 (Norfolk, c. 1815, p. 12), and London dancing master Thomas Wilson's Companion to the Ball Room (London, 1816, p. 84). "Chant Russe" appears to be a phonetic translation of the Scots Gaelic title "Seann Truibhas Willichan," the name of a Scottish country dance. The tune is called "The Chantrusse" in piper William Mackie's manuscript collection, and is printed as "Chantreuse (The)" in Thomas Preston's Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year 1804) and Charles Wheatstone's Clarinet Preceptor (1801).

Source for notated version: Biography:William Mackie music manuscript collection, Aberdeen, early 19th century. Mackie was a Highland bagpiper and Scots small-piper, although his manuscript also includes sections that appear to be for flute and/or fiddle.

Printed sources: Wilson (A Companion to the Ball Room), 1816; p. 84.

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