User contributions for JohnChambers

17 July 2023

• 02:5402:54, 17 July 2023 diff hist +333‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ William Christie was an Episcopal clergyman, a dance teacher, and a musician. He and his friends wrote some of the tune in this collection, and collected the others from all over.

1 August 2022

• 20:5720:57, 1 August 2022 diff hist −31‎ m List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ The link that I copied to the IMSLP page didn't work correctly; this is an attempt to fix it.
• 20:5020:50, 1 August 2022 diff hist +280‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ New entry for Gow's "Collection of Strathspey Reels, &c." books.

6 January 2022

• 21:0521:05, 6 January 2022 diff hist +1‎ m List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Inserted a missing letter; moved a ] back a few words.
• 03:1203:12, 6 January 2022 diff hist +396‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ The Gows' summary collections of (mostly) Scottish tunes with many Irish and English tunes, many with variations, and all with a bass line, became available online archives in 2020. These are "summary" collections based on earlier smaller booklets in various formats. [This is the first time I've tried creating a new entry. Let me know if I did it right. ;-]

10 November 2021

• 15:0315:03, 10 November 2021 diff hist +582‎ Talk:List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ →‎Gow's Complete Repository: new section current

7 October 2020

• 17:3917:39, 7 October 2020 diff hist +68‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Added link to my transcriptions of Ignatius Sancho's music

23 March 2020

• 01:4601:46, 23 March 2020 diff hist −2‎ m List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎No edit summary
• 01:4501:45, 23 March 2020 diff hist −2‎ m List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎No edit summary

26 November 2019

• 16:3816:38, 26 November 2019 diff hist +71‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Copied link to my transcription of The Caledonian Pocket Companion from the Robert Bremner entry to the James Oswald entry.

31 March 2019

• 23:4323:43, 31 March 2019 diff hist +72‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ The 12 tunes+dances in this collection were about enough for a Sunday afternoon.

28 October 2018

• 03:3703:37, 28 October 2018 diff hist +71‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Added link to my transcription that I started a month or so ago.

23 August 2017

• 20:1220:12, 23 August 2017 diff hist +65‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Hey, a Playford collection that doesn't seem to be transcribed anywhere! So I've started in on it.

8 August 2017

• 16:2516:25, 8 August 2017 diff hist +97‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ The VMP transcriptions with the dance descriptions appended.

18 July 2017

• 02:4902:49, 18 July 2017 diff hist +69‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Added link to my ABCs of Stewart's "A Select Collection of Airs, Jigs, Marches and Reels"

5 October 2016

• 20:3420:34, 5 October 2016 diff hist +57‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Just noticed this entry, which I transcribed back in 2013.
• 19:5919:59, 5 October 2016 diff hist +57‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Added link to my ongoing transcription of Kerr's Merry Melodies.

27 January 2016

• 17:2217:22, 27 January 2016 diff hist +62‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Linked the Hamilton's Universal Tune-Book entry to my newly-started ABC transcriptions.

21 November 2015

• 17:0217:02, 21 November 2015 diff hist +210‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Added links to my ABCs of Howe's "Musician's Companion" (Part 3 underway now)

15 November 2015

• 02:1302:13, 15 November 2015 diff hist +804‎ m Talk:List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Protocol query

25 August 2015

• 21:4021:40, 25 August 2015 diff hist +105‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Added link to my ABCs for Howe's "Musicians Companion Part 2]. (The Elias Howe entry is a bit confusing; hope I did it right. ;-)

27 March 2015

• 17:5917:59, 27 March 2015 diff hist +272‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Added BUTTON and WHITAKER's 1813 24 Dances entry

25 March 2015

• 16:1016:10, 25 March 2015 diff hist +89‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ ABC versions of all 12 tunes (numbered 19-30) including the bass lines

23 March 2015

• 04:0304:03, 23 March 2015 diff hist +252‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ ABC transcriptions of music and dances from Giovanni Andrea Gallini about 1755

21 February 2015

• 21:1921:19, 21 February 2015 diff hist +90‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Added link to my ABCs of Gray's "Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1812"

20 February 2015

• 21:0921:09, 20 February 2015 diff hist +108‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Added link to my ABCs of Cahusac's Collection of 24 favorite Country Dances for the Year 1809, with the dance descriptions included.

18 February 2015

• 21:3921:39, 18 February 2015 diff hist +72‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Added links to my ABC transcriptions of Thompson's 1802 collection.
• 21:0221:02, 18 February 2015 diff hist +61‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎No edit summary

10 January 2015

• 03:1303:13, 10 January 2015 diff hist +62‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ The entries for Thompson's 1782 and 1792 collections were run together; fixed, and a link to my transcription of the 1782 collection added.

5 January 2015

• 02:1002:10, 5 January 2015 diff hist +97‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Added link to my ABCs of Goulding's ''24 Country Dances for the Year 1808'', which are Flynn Titford-Mock's transcriptions with the dance descriptions added

29 December 2014

• 21:2621:26, 29 December 2014 diff hist +98‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Add link to my abc transcription of Urbani & Liston's "A Selection of Scotch, English Irish, and Foreign Airs"

16 December 2014

• 23:3323:33, 16 December 2014 diff hist +85‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Add link to my abc transcription of Bland&Weller's 24 Favorite Country Dances for 1803, and added "Favorite" to the title
• 20:3920:39, 16 December 2014 diff hist +89‎ m Talk:List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the i nternet ‎ fixed spelling error; added comment that the problem is fixed current

12 December 2014

• 18:1818:18, 12 December 2014 diff hist +142‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Added links to my ABC transcriptions of Thompson's 1779 and 1780 collections.

7 December 2014

• 04:0704:07, 7 December 2014 diff hist +70‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Added links to my ABC versions of Thompson's 1766 and 1778 collection.
• 03:2403:24, 7 December 2014 diff hist +72‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎No edit summary

3 December 2014

• 01:3301:33, 3 December 2014 diff hist +140‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Added link to my ABCs of Thompson's "Twenty Four Favourite Dances for the Year ..." for 1765 and 1767

19 September 2014

• 19:2919:29, 19 September 2014 diff hist +79‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Added link to my ABCs of Button & Whitaker's "le Sylph 24 Country Dances for the Year 1818"

18 September 2014

• 13:1413:14, 18 September 2014 diff hist +105‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Added link to my ABCs of Button & Whitaker's "Twelve Elegant New Dances for the Year 1809"

16 September 2014

• 23:4323:43, 16 September 2014 diff hist −229‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Added link to my ABCs of Button & Whitaker's "24 Country Dances for the Year 1810"; changed my "24CountryDances" directory name to "DftY" (Dances for the Year

15 September 2014

• 16:3516:35, 15 September 2014 diff hist +102‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Added link to my ABCs of Button & Whitaker's "SelectionOfDancesReelsAndWaltzes" v.8,9,11,13,18

10 September 2014

• 17:4617:46, 10 September 2014 diff hist +265‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Added entry for Jean White's "100 Popular Hornpipes, Reels, ...", links to loc.gov and my ABCs.
• 17:3517:35, 10 September 2014 diff hist −25‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Added link to my ABCs of Barsanti's "A Collection of Old Scots Tunes"

1 September 2014

• 19:2619:26, 1 September 2014 diff hist +72‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Added link to my ABCs of Daniel Wright's "Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances"
• 02:2402:24, 1 September 2014 diff hist +5‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Corrected link to my ABCs for Kauntze's Collection, which had linked to the Köhler Collection.

27 August 2014

• 19:3019:30, 27 August 2014 diff hist +98‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Added link to my ABCs of Button & Whitaker's "Twelve Elegant New Dances for the Year 1810"
• 17:5317:53, 27 August 2014 diff hist +83‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Added link to my ABCs of Thompson's "Twenty Four Favourite Dances for the Year 1791"
• 16:3216:32, 27 August 2014 diff hist +83‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎No edit summary

26 August 2014

• 16:4516:45, 26 August 2014 diff hist +103‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Added link to my ABCs of Straight's "Twenty Four Favourite Dances for the Year 1784" (last 4 pages)
• 14:0514:05, 26 August 2014 diff hist +83‎ List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet ‎ Added link to my ABCs of Straight's "Twenty Four Favourite Dances for the Year 1783"