|
Kerr's Collections |
|||
|
Reels Jigs Strathspeys Hornpipes Marches Airs Miscellaneous Country Dances Additional Info
Back to: |
MarchesBibliographyK2v1-4 = Kerr's First/Second/Third/Fourth Collections of Merry Melodies (More Info) K2v5 = Kerr's Caledonian Collection (More Info) K2v6 = Kerr's Collection of Merry Melodies for the Piano K2v7 = Kerr's Collection of Reels and Strathspeys K2v8 = Kerr's Violin Instructor and Irish Folk-Song Album K2v9 = Kerr's Thistle Collection K2v10 = Kerr's Modern Dance Album
All annotations are by Nigel Gatherer unless otherwise stated. Last updated: 7th June, 2002Go to: A B C D F G H I J K L M N O P R S T W |
| Title | Key | Book | Notes | |
| 42nd Highlander's Farewell | D | K2v3p47 | ||
| 74th Highlanders Quickstep, The | A | K2v5p6 K2v6p1 |
Quickstep. Recordings: Pibroch MacKenzie, The Mull Fiddler (1969) | |
| 93rd's Farewell to Gibralter | A | K2v1p49 K2v5p6 K2v6p12 |
Quickstep | |
| Athole Highlanders, The | A | K2v3p29 K2v5p4 |
"Quickstep". The tune celebrates the last private army in the UK. Aka Atholl Highlanders and Athol Highlanders. Recordings: Bob Smith's Ideal Band, Better Than an Orchestra (1977); Boys of the Lough, The Piper's Broken Finger (1976); Heritage, When the Dancin' It's A' Done (1980); Sprangeen (1984); Tannahill Weavers, IV (1981); Whistlebinkies 5 (1988); The Foundry Bar Band (1981) | |
| Barren Rocks of Aden | D | K2v5p3 | "Quickstep". This tune is played as a polka in Ireland under its own name, or as The Sailor's (see Bulmer & Shapley Vol.4). Recordings: Bob Smith's Ideal Band, Better Than An Orchestra (1977); Scottish Fiddle Orchestra, Prom (1980) | |
| Brave Lewie Roy | C | K2v3p45 | The group Jock Tamson's Bairns say: "We think [this] should properly be called Brave Louis Roi - possibly a relic of the Auld Alliance." Recordings: Jock Tamson's Bairns (1980). | |
| Brian Boroum's March | Am | K2v5p18 K2v8p34 |
Irish | |
| Caledonian March | D | K2v1p49 | Known in the US as Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine [ABC]; Sherman's March to the Sea and Dying on the Field of Battle. | |
| Celtic Society's Quickstep | A | K2v3p46 | ||
| Culloden Day | A | K2v3p46 | ||
| Dornoch Links | A | K2v1p48 K2v5p5 |
"Quickstep" (in K5). | |
| Downfall of Paris, The | G | K2v4p40 | ||
| Drunken Piper, The | Am | K2v5p4 | Quickstep. Recordings: Silly Wizard, Silly Wizard (1976); Scottish Fiddle Orchestra, Prom (1980); Golden Fiddle Awards (1978) | |
| Fingal's Cave | G | K2v1p48 | ||
| French March I | G | K2v1p30 K2v6p13 |
||
| Gaelic Air, A I | G | K2v1p26 | 2/4 march | |
| Glendaurel Highlanders, The | A | K2v5p4 | Quickstep. Recordings: Strings of Scotland (1975) | |
| Glengarry's March | A | K2v3p46 K2v5p5 |
"Quickstep" (in K5). | |
| God Save Ireland | D | K2v8p35 | Irish | |
| Grand March | G | K2v6p15 | ||
| Heights of Alma, The | A | K2v5p3 | Quickstep. Aka The Alma. Recordings: Bob Smith's Ideal Band, Better Than an Orchestra (1977) | |
| Hey Johnnie Cope | D | K2v3p41 | Recordings: Tannahill Weavers, IV (1981) | |
| Highland Brigade at Waterloo, The | Am | K2v6p10 | "Bagpipe tune" | |
| Highland Laddie | A | K2v5p5 | Quickstep | |
| Highland Quickstep | G | K2v1p47 | ||
| Hills of Glenorchy | Em | K2v1p47 K2v5p6 |
"Quickstep" (in K5) | |
| Inveraray March | G | K2v3p46 | ||
| Inverness Gathering, The | A | K2v1p47 K2v5p7 |
||
| Johnnie Cope | D | K2v3p41 | Aka Hey Johnnie Cope. | |
| Kenmure's On An' Awa' | G | K6,9 | Recordings: Various, The Caledonian Companion (1975); Golden Fiddle Awards (1976); Strings of Scotland (1975) |
|
| Killiecrankie | D | K2v1p49 | Known in Ireland as Planxty Davis. | |
| Kilty Lads, The | Em | K2v5p5 | Quickstep | |
| Lochiel's March | Em | K2v1p47 K2v5p7 |
||
| Logan Water | D | K2v3p47 | ||
| Lord Napier of Magdala | D | K2v6p13 | ||
| MacDonald's March, The | A | K2v3p47 | ||
| MacGregor's March | D | K2v3p46 | This is reminiscent of Over the Hills and Far Away | |
| MacKenzie Highlander's March | A | K2v5p3 | Quickstep | |
| March I | Am | K2v1p49 | ||
| March to the Battlefield | D | K2v8p17 | Irish | |
| Miss Forbes's Farewell to Banff | G | K2v3p45 | ||
| Mrs McDonald | G | K2v1p48 | Aka The Island of Mull. | |
| My Braw Highland Laddie | C | K2v1p47 | Recorded as Gaelic Air by The Wick Scottish Country Dance Band. Derek Hoy (of the group Jock Tamson's Bairns) says it's now well known as The Wee Highland Laddie [ABC]. | |
| Napoleon Crossing the Alps | Am | K2v6p12 | Quickstep | |
| Oh! For the Swords of Former Time | A | K2v8p16 | Irish | |
| Prince Albert's March | A | K2v6p10 | "Bagpipe tune" | |
| Prince Charlie's Welcome to the Isle of Skye | G | K2v3p45 | This is known in Ireland as [forgotten] | |
| Quickstep I | D | K2v1p47 | Quickstep | |
| Quick-Step II | Am | K2v1p48 | Quickstep | |
| Quickstep III | G | K2v1p49 | Quickstep | |
| Rose of Allandale | C | K2v6p15 | ||
| Signal March | G | K2v7p37 | ||
| Soldier and his Kilt, The | A | K2v6p11 | Quickstep "Bagpipe tune" | |
| Trysting Rock, The | G | K2v6p11 | Quickstep "Bagpipe tune" | |
| Wha' Widna Fecht | G | K2v2p34 | Aka Wha' Widna Fecht for Charlie and Wha Saw the Forty-Second. Played as a polka in Ireland under the name Din Tarrant's No.5 and it's also used in English Morris music as The March Past. |