Wood Works – Ribers No. 8 ("Sterrands Rand")

Description

This is a lively little melody from Riberbogen , a collection of tunes written down in Svendborg by Bertel Riber in 1768. Bertel Riber named the tune Sterrands Rand , but most Danes know it as Ribers nr. 8(as it is the eighth tune in Riberbogen). This tune is fairly well known on the British Isles and can be found in many folk collections, the earliest published in Edinburgh in 1757. It goes by the name The Stuart 's Rant (or Stuart 's Reel). in the second half of the 18th century English dances were in fashion in Denmark; perhaps some sailor brought the tune to Svendborg and Bertel Riber snapped it up to meet the demand, slightly mishearing the title?