Annotation:Miss Mary Ann Urquhart's High Dance
X:1 T:Miss Mary Ann Urquhart's High Dance M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune B:Archibald Duff – A Choice Selection of Minuets, Favourite Airs, Hornpipes, Waltzs &c. B:Book First (Edinburgh, c. 1812, p. 19) B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105810922 N:Archibald Duff (c. 1770-c. 1840?) was a musician (along with his brother Charles) and dancing N:master, of Montrose and Aberdeen, and is recorded as being a Professor of Music residing at N:Clayills Cottage, Aberdeen in 1837. N:The volume is dedicated to Lady Mary Ramsay of Balmain Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb F|(B/A/).B/.c/ Bd|cde>d|.c.B.A.B|c/B/A/G/ F>E|.D.B .A.B|cd {f}e>d| c>B (d/c/).B/.A/|B2B,:||:D/E/|FD/B,/ GE/C/|FD/B,/ GE/C/|.F.B.A.B|(c/B/).A/.G/ F>E| .D.B.E.c|.F.d .G.e|(e/d/).c/.B/ (A/B/).c/.A/|B2 B,::e/f/|gE/F/ .G.E|fD/E/ .F.D| Cc/d/ (e/d/).c/.B/|(A/B/).c/.A/ (F/E/).D/.C/|Df/g/ fD|Eg/a/ ge|dB d/c/B/A/|B2 B,:|
MISS MARY ANN URQUHART'S HIGH DANCE. Scottish, Country Dance (2/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Miss Mary Ann Urquhart's High Dance" was printed in Montrose and Aberdeen dancing master and musician biography:Archibald Duff's Choice Selection (c. 1812), one of two tunes for the sisters Urquhart, Mary Ann and Elisabeth of Bothwell Castle. A 'High Dance' was another name for a choreographed solo dance akin to a ballet dance, not a group county dance with common figures. It was probably choreographed by Duff, but is now lost.
