Annotation:Caledonian Quadrille - Figure 1
X:1 T:Caledonian Quadrille -- Figure 1 M:2/4 L:1/8 B: Köhler's Violin Repository, Book 1 (1881-1885, pp. 70-71) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D P:"1” f/e/|dDD B/c/|dDFA|eEE f/e/|dDFA|Bgfe| d/c/B/A/ Bc|dBB||f/g/|af ge fdd f/g/|af/a/ g/f/g/a/| bee f/g/|af ge|fd ec|d/c/B/A/ Bc|dDD||F|f2 b2|d'd' d'c'b/a/| gfed cf|e/d/c/d/ BF|g2b2|e2g2|g/f/e/d/ c/B/c/d/|BdB||
CALEDONIAN QUADRILLE. Scottish, Quadrille Set. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). The "Caledonian Quadrilles" consist of music from five popular Scottish melodies, for the five figures of the dance. The tunes include "My Love is but a Lassie Yet" (first figure), "Before I Was Married (1)" (second figure), "Banks of the Dee (1) (The) or "Hexham Races" (third figure), "When I Parted" (fourth figure) and ends with "White Cockade (The)." The entire quadrille set was entered into the mid-19th century music manuscript book of musician Lawrence Leadley, of Helperby, Yorkshire.
