Brunette d'Écosse
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BRUNETTE D'ÉCOSSE (S8x32) 3C (4C set) Ann Dix Reel Friends 21- 8 1s+2s set and link, 2s+1s+3s set and turn partners 2H remaining in the middle facing up
9-16 2s+1s+3s dance Allemande 1s end facing 1st corners
17-24 1s set to 1st corner and turn 2H to face 2nd corner, set to 2nd corner and turn 2H to end side by side (LSh to LSh) facing own sides
25-32 3s+1s (dancing out)+2s chase clockwise ½ way, 2s+1s+3s turn 2H 1½ times
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
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This strathspey, Brunette d'Écosse, was devised by Ann Dix for Lindsey and Philippe Rousseau.The deviser notes tell us that 'brunette' is a French song form which came into existence at about the same time as the strathspey became a form of dance (that is, the early 18th century).
The brunette could be performed instrumentally as well as vocally.
The term brunette could have been replaced by others, such as romance or air, by the 1760s as Rousseau's Dictionnaire de Musique (published 1768) does not contain the word brunette.
"The Singer At The Country Fair" Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, (1712-1774), Etching, c. 1740
Image from (cropped) National Gallery of Art, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Additional search terms: Decosse, D'ecosse.
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