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Description: | This is one of a batch of Cotillons (or cottillons, or cotillions) in this manuscript, most of which have not been found elsewhere. Many of the French titles do not make obvious sense, but perhaps a native speaker can supply corrections? Burns' Tam o' Shanter has an oft-quoted passage which mentions the imported dance, contrasting it unfavourably with native dances - Tam saw an unco sight, Warlocks and witches in a dance, Nae cotillon brent new frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels.The tune forms part of the The William Vickers' manuscript, dated 1770. The Index to the manuscript shows that part of the book is now missing, but the very substantial surviving part contains 580 tunes, or 'Country Dances' as the author calls them. It is not easy to pinpoint Vickers's location as his name is not uncommon, but he may be the William Vickers who shows up in genealogical records as an 'Officer of Exise' [sic] in Newcastle. It is fairly safe to assume that the collection was made in North East England because although it contains a lot of Scottish and English tunes it has local material which is not found in other sources. ; 18th century tune book compiled by William Vickers | Rights holder: | rights holder : Society of Antiquaries | Temporal: | start=1761;end=1800; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:R0315902 | Go to resource |
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