SCD - SCD0239
AMERICAN PERIOD DANCE
FROM BARNYARD TO BALLROOM. A wide-ranging collection of traditional early American social dance music which captures the enthusiasm of the country hoe-down as well as the elegant gentility of the ballroom.
13 Tracks
- Southern hoe-down reel, up-tempo1
ROCK THE CRADLE JOE A
AMERICAN PERIOD DANCESCD2:17 - Popular Revolutionary & Civil War melody, medium tempo3
THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND A
AMERICAN PERIOD DANCESCD1:51 - Well-known Civil War jig5
GARRY OWEN A
AMERICAN PERIOD DANCESCD2:26 - Hornpipe reel, medium tempo8
BATCHELDERS REEL A
AMERICAN PERIOD DANCESCD2:08 - Uplifting Irish waltz, medium tempo10
GENTLE MAIDEN A
AMERICAN PERIOD DANCESCD3:00 - Jig in minor key12
THE SAILOR'S WIFE A
AMERICAN PERIOD DANCESCD1:51 - Well-known ballroom polka14
JENNY LIND POLKA A
AMERICAN PERIOD DANCESCD2:00 - Haunting & lyrical, slow reel, minor key16
SAILORS SET ON SHORE A
AMERICAN PERIOD DANCESCD2:26 - Light, dignified, Colonial-era reel18
GALOPEDE A
AMERICAN PERIOD DANCESCD2:13 - Dark, up-tempo reel in minor key20
THE TIDE COMES IN A
AMERICAN PERIOD DANCESCD1:45 - Stately Scottish march22
EARL OF DALHOUSIE A
AMERICAN PERIOD DANCESCD2:00 - Bitter-sweet Scandinavian Waltz24
FINNJENTA A
AMERICAN PERIOD DANCESCD2:42 - Popular Argentinean tango26
EL CHOCLO A
AMERICAN PERIOD DANCESCD3:15