Gille Calum

ID

JSS0344

Title

Gille Calum

Document Reference

f 7848 McDo K

Format

251 x 350 mm

Medium

Printed Music sheet

Item Type

Printed Collection

Subject

Scottish Music, Sword Dance, Strathspey

Item Description

Gille Calum or the Sword Dance is famous as the tune for a well known Highland Dance. It is normally played and danced as a form of strathspey. Here it is described as 'Strathspey and Reel'. The Sword Dance ends with one or more 'quicksteps', where the dancer goes round the swords at a faster pace. When this version was published, the speed was a lot faster than it is today, hence the 'reel' description.

Arranger

Keith Norman MacDonald

Publisher

Keith Norman MacDonald

Time Period

1890s

Associated Dates: Publication

1895

Location

University of Aberdeen

Collection Name

The Gesto Collection of Highland Music

Copyright

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/historic/documents/copyright