Military Schottische
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Military Schottische", also known as "Pretty Baby", "National Schottische",<br> "Russische Polka", "Texas Schottische" or "Doppelpolka" is an American<br> schottische or polka in G Major ('A' and 'B' parts) & C Major ('C' part) {Ford} or<br> D Major ('A' part) & A Major ('B' and 'C' parts) {Phillips}. The parts are played<br> ABCA (Ford) or AABBC (Phillips).<br> It is an international tune known either as a polka, schottische or barn dance.<br> The melody is part of a very large tune family, with the exception of the third<br> part which appears to follow the early 19th century convention of many marches<br> and other martial tunes in that it was added as a contrast, or filler, for the<br> main melody(s).<br> The title "Military Schottische", rather than being the name of the tune, is the<br> name of the dance for which this tune was an accompaniment; thus a number of<br> tunes have been called "Military Schottische" due to association.<br> The schottische was a dance introduced to Europe in the 1850's, but was modified<br> from turning figures to primarily advancing promenade figures (hence 'Military'<br> schottische).<br> The tune is closely related to "Irish Washerwoman Schottische" that was collected in Indiana.<br> Alan Jabbour recorded a distanced version of the tune from fiddler Henry Reed<br> who called the tune "Jawbone".<br> It was printed in Ford's Traditional Music in America (1940) and<br> Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2 (1995).<br>
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