Annotation:Calver Lodge
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CALVER LODGE. Scottish, Country Dance Tune (whole or 2/4 time). D Major (Kerr): G Major (Howe, Manson). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by Edinburgh fiddler-composer and bandleader annotation:Nathaniel Gow and first published as a country dance in his Favorite Dances of 1812 (p. 1). Calver Lodge is a branch of Masonic ritual. The tune and dance also appear in the Scottish Country Dance Book vol. 8 (No. 3).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Gow (The Favorite Dances of 1812), 1812; p. 1. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 71. Jones [Ed.] (Complete Tutor Violin), c. 1815; p. 9. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 1), c. 1880; No. 20, p. 29. Manson (Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book vol. 1), 1854; p. 97.
Recorded sources: CDLAT001, Jim MacLeod - "Buttons & Keys, vol. 1: Best of Jim MacLeod."