Bedding of the Bride (1)

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Theme code Index	1535 1527bL
Also known as	Bean na bàinnse
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Pipe, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Mixolydian
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Simon Fraser
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles (The)
Tune and/or Page number	No. 92, p. 35
Year of publication/Date of MS	1813 (reprinted 1874)
Artist	Biography:Gerald Trimble
Title of recording	Crosscurrents
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
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BEDDING OF THE BRIDE [1], THE. AKA - "Bean na bainnse." Scottish, Pipe Reel. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. The tune "is generally performed with great rapidity during the ceremonial of bedding the bride, and as celebrated as 'Cuttymun and Treeladdle' in the low country, for exciting the agility of the dancers" (Fraser). Following the wedding dinner and festivities the 'Bedding of the Bride', the formal undressing and bedding of the bride and groom, provided prima facie proof of consummation to the union and was considered a very important part of the marriage contract. There is also a song of the same name set to the tune.

Printed sources: Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1816/1874; No. 92, p. 35. Köhlers’ Violin Repository, Book 2, 1881-1885; p. 172. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 117.

Recorded source: Gerald Trimble - "Crosscurrents."

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