Annotation:Heights of Alma (1) (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
HEIGHTS OF ALMA. AKA - "Alma (The)." Scottish (originally), Old-Time (?); Quickstep March. A Major. The title of this tune, a standard in pipe repertory, comes from the first pitched battle of the Crimean War. Curiously, it appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Kerr (Caledonian Collection), p. 3.
Recorded sources: Bob Smith's Ideal Band, Better than an Orchestra" (1977).