NEW ENGLAND FIDDLER’S REPERTOIRE
A Source Book of Established Contra Dance Music
by Randy Miller and Jack Perron,
with an Introduction by Newt Tolman
Third edition by Randy Miller and Robert Bley-Vroman
The new 3rd edition marks the 25th anniversary, 1983-2008, of the publication of this essential tune book for the contra dance musician.
The original 1st edition featured hand-lettered music, while the 2nd edition (2003) presented easier-to-read music typesetting, tunes arranged alphabetically, and chords added. Over two dozen decorative wood engravings by Randy Miller were included.
NEFR-3 still has the same 168 classic contra dance melodies, from Batchelder's Reel to Chorus Jig, Money Musk, Petronella, Portland Fancy and beyond, while maintaining all of the features of NEFR-2. For the 3rd edition, the time signatures for several tunes* have been corrected to give them an appearance more readily useful to the contra dance musician. Also added is a list giving the original 1983 order of tunes. 3rd edition released 1/25/08.
New England Fiddler’s Repertoire, 3rd Ed. 2008 (1983), 96 pages, 8.5”x7”. $22 plus $3.50 shipping.
*Tunes with revised time signatures:
