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|f_annotation='''SCHEME, THE'''. AKA and see “[[Irish Lilt (3) (An)]],” "[[Star (2) (The)]],” “[[Star at Lewis]],” "[[Star at Liwis]]." English, Scottish; Jig (6/8 time). England, Northumberland. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune, which incorporates in the second strain familiar strains from the well known double jig "[[Top of Cork Road (1) (The)]]," appears in Walsh's '''Caledonian Country Dances''' (p. 59) of c. 1730, and in Walsh's later publication '''The Compleat Country Dancing-Master. Volume the Sixth''' (c. 1754, p. 194), albeit in the latter collection the primary title is "[[Star at Lewis]]" with "The Scheme" listed as the alternate title. London music publisher John Johnson printed the tune as "[[Star (2) (The)]]" in his '''Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3''' (1744, p. 12), and music publishers David Rutherford and the Thompson's follow suit in their later country dance compendiums. At the end of the 18th century it was published by James Aird in Glasgow as "[[Irish Lilt (3) (An)]]." | |||
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The jig also can be found in the 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers (about whom, unfortunately, nothing is known). Vickers gives the title as “Scheame, or, the star.” | |||
|f_source_for_notated_version=William Vickers' 1770 Northumbrian music manuscript collection [Seattle]. | |||
|f_printed_sources=David & John Rutherford ('''Rutherford's Complete Collection of 200 Country Dances Vol. 1'''), London, 1756; p. 33. Seattle ('''Great Northern Tune Book/William Vickers'''), 1987 Part 2/2008; No. 301. | |||
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Latest revision as of 04:59, 4 September 2023
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SCHEME, THE. AKA and see “Irish Lilt (3) (An),” "Star (2) (The),” “Star at Lewis,” "Star at Liwis." English, Scottish; Jig (6/8 time). England, Northumberland. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune, which incorporates in the second strain familiar strains from the well known double jig "Top of Cork Road (1) (The)," appears in Walsh's Caledonian Country Dances (p. 59) of c. 1730, and in Walsh's later publication The Compleat Country Dancing-Master. Volume the Sixth (c. 1754, p. 194), albeit in the latter collection the primary title is "Star at Lewis" with "The Scheme" listed as the alternate title. London music publisher John Johnson printed the tune as "Star (2) (The)" in his Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (1744, p. 12), and music publishers David Rutherford and the Thompson's follow suit in their later country dance compendiums. At the end of the 18th century it was published by James Aird in Glasgow as "Irish Lilt (3) (An)."
The jig also can be found in the 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers (about whom, unfortunately, nothing is known). Vickers gives the title as “Scheame, or, the star.”
