OLD TUNES – BANKS OF THE DEE
Banks of the Dee (1775) This beautiful song was very popular, both in England and the colonies. It was composed by John Tait, a writer for the Signet and, for … Continue reading →
OLD TUNES – ANACREON IN HEAVEN
The Anacreontic Society
In the mid-1760s, a London society of amateur musicians, the Anacreontic Society, commissioned a young church musician, John Stafford Smith, to compose music for material written by … Continue reading →
OLD TUNES – ALLEMANDE SWISS
ALLEMANDE SWISS. English, American; Country Dance Tune. The music first appeared in the English publication The Compleat Tutor for the Guitar (Thompson, London, 1770). A formerly well known contra-dance tune … Continue reading →