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|f_annotation=MISS MARY ANN URQUHART'S HIGH DANCE. Scottish, Country Dance (2/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. | |f_annotation='''MISS MARY ANN URQUHART'S HIGH DANCE.''' Scottish, Country Dance (2/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Miss Mary Ann Urquhart's High Dance" was printed in Montrose and Aberdeen dancing master and musician [[biography:Archibald Duff]]'s '''Choice Selection''' (c. 1812), one of two tunes for the sisters Urquhart, Mary Ann and Elisabeth of Bothwell Castle. A 'High Dance' was another name for a choreographed solo dance akin to a ballet dance, not a group county dance with common figures. It was probably choreographed by Duff, but is now lost. | ||
|f_printed_sources=A | |f_printed_sources=Archibald Duff ('''A Choice Selection of Minuets, Favourite Airs, Hornpipes, Waltzs &c., Book First'''), Edinburgh, c. 1812; p. 19. | ||
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MISS MARY ANN URQUHART'S HIGH DANCE. Scottish, Country Dance (2/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Miss Mary Ann Urquhart's High Dance" was printed in Montrose and Aberdeen dancing master and musician biography:Archibald Duff's Choice Selection (c. 1812), one of two tunes for the sisters Urquhart, Mary Ann and Elisabeth of Bothwell Castle. A 'High Dance' was another name for a choreographed solo dance akin to a ballet dance, not a group county dance with common figures. It was probably choreographed by Duff, but is now lost.
