Gow's Repository of the Dance Music of Scotland (book)
This is an excellent collection of dance tunes played in Scotland in the 18th Century by Niel Gow and Sons. A clear facsimile copy. Three volumes combined in one, with bass clef part and spiral bound.
Niel Gow and his family lived near Dunkeld in the village of Inver (Niel Gow 1727 - 1807 ). Niel Gow and his sons are amongst the best known of the Scots fiddle composers, from whose dance tunes Robert Burns drew many of the airs for his songs.
Gow's main publications were a Collection of Strathspey Reels, 1784, 1788 and 1792, and the Complete Repository of Original Scots Slow Strathspeys and Dances, 1799, 1808, 1822. 116 pages A selection of the tunes in the collection is listed.