X:1
T:Swiss Allemand, The
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson - Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite
B:Country Dances, vol. 5 (London, 1788, No. 161, p. 81)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
d>eff|dd e2|d/c/B/A/ Bc|d/c/d/e/ dA|
d>eff|dd e2|d/c /B/A/ Bc|de d2:|
|:f/e/f/g/ f/g/a/f/|g/a/b/g/ e2|e/d/e/f/ e/f/g/e/|f/g/a/f/ d2|
d>eff|dd e2|d/c/B/A/ Bc|d2 D2:|]
SWISS ALLEMAND. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune for this country dance figure first appeared as “Cotillon allemand Swiss” in the English publication the Compleat Tutor for the Guittar (London: C. & S. Thompson, 1770, p. 28). The tune and dance figure were fairly well-known by the end of the 18th century in America. Northampton, Massachusetts, dancing master John Griffiths included the directions for a country dance called “Allemand Swiss with a New Figure” in his Collection (1794), indicting the original was already established and that he was introducing a variant, perhaps his own handiwork. Two dances called "Swiss Allemand" or "Allemand Swiss" were penned into the 1793 manuscript of Asa Willcox in Connecticut, including the one published by the Thompsons[1].
See also "Allemande Swiss" (the spelling of the figure 'allemand' varies, including 'allmon', 'allemande' etc.).
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Edward Riley (Riley's Flute Melodies, vol. 2), 1817; No. 234, p. 64. Niel Stewart (A Select Collection of Scots English Irish and Foreign Airs Jiggs & Marches, vol. 2), 1788; p. 97. Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5), London, 1788; No. 161, p. 81.
