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 |
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