X:1
T:Last Dance [2], The
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
O:English
K:Gmix
G2 B/c/d Bgde|G2 B/c/d AfAF|G2 B/c/d Bgde|fade fcAF:|
|:g2 dB gBdB|g2 de fcAF|g2 dB gBde|f/g/a d/e/f AFcA:|
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in 1795. Watercolor by Edward DayesLAST DANCE [2], THE. English, Reel. G Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). "The Last Dance [2]" is a reel in the Scottish style appears in the pantomime wikipedia:Queen_Mab , produced in Drury Lane in December, 1750; it is likely the famous Scots composer and music publisher James Oswald (1711-1767) participated in writing the music for the show. Alburger is of the opinion that this reel has the "shape and feeling of many Scottish dance tunes."
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music), 1983; Ex. 27, p. 48.
