Annotation:Swiss Allemand
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 âCotillon allemand Swissâ 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 âAllemand Swiss with a New Figureâ 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.).
