The Paris books

Music from the Paris books of Scottish Country Dances

The Paris books
of Scottish Country dances

To make things easier, the sheet music to the dances contained in the Paris books (volumes 1, 2 and 3) can be found on this dedicated website.

All the tunes can be played freely in public without limitation. Please contact us or their authors if you are interested in recording them, either as first tune or in a set.

A printed version of the tunes is available from the Leeds Branch Shop: Companion Book 1, Companion Book 2 and Companion Book 3.

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Tunes

Paris Book Volume 1

Rendez-vous à Vichy
Pascaline Latour
A Trip to Tobermory
Aliénor Latour
The 4th of May
Dance: May the 4th be with you
Aliénor Latour
Noces d'Argent
Yvon Guilcher
The Heid o' the Brae
Dance: An Elizabethan Fancy for Henri Suhamy
Muriel Johnstone
The Capitol Steps
Dance: On DC’s Roads
Aymeric Fromherz
Speedy Life in Paris
Pascaline Latour
Les Pandas Roux
Aymeric Fromherz
Spanish Dance
Pascaline Latour
Love in the Marais
Aymeric Fromherz
My Beautiful Landrieau & The Magnum Hornpipe
Dance: Place de la Nation
Muriel Johnstone
Le Vingt Novembre
Dance: One Set Short of a Hundred
Pascaline Latour
The Pretty Bride of Préty
Pascaline Latour

Paris Book Volume 2

The Golden Sun of Early Spring
Victor Lanvin
Sibylle's Mother
Pascaline Latour
Pléiades
Aliénor Latour
Stop Worrying and have Fun
Anne Lanvin
Holden Together
Pascaline Latour
The Translator
Dance: Drawn in
Nicolas “Niols” Jeannerod
La Ville Lumière
Pascaline Latour
Nissa la Bella
Dance: #ILoveNice
Menica Rondelly, arr. Aliénor Latour
Highland Shortbread
Dance: Christaline
Keith Buchanan Smith
Chambéry Blues
Keith Buchanan Smith
Le Phare de Cordouan
Muriel Johnstone
Fifty and Fabulous
Anne-Laure Latour
A Jig so Puzzled
Nicolas “Niols” Jeannerod
Danièle Landrieau
Dance: A Trip to Saint-Palais
Muriel Johnstone
Madame Rutabaga & Le Chevalier Blanc
Dance: Madame Pipeau
Aliénor Latour
Love is in the Air
Nicolas “Niols” Jeannerod
The Banks of Loch Ness & The Wedding Ring
Dance: Chambéry
Traditional

Paris Book Volume 3

Théorème de Fermat
Anne-Laure Latour
Montorgueil Queen
Keith Buchanan Smith
The Partisan
Anne-Laure Latour
Cinq Without Trace
Nicolas “Niols” Jeannerod
The Belinda Clinkscale Quickstep
Dance: Rosemonde in Normandy
Iain MacPhail
Two Men Dancing
Nicolas “Niols” Jeannerod
Pink Bonnet
Dance: Le béret rose
Aliénor Latour
Dr Neil S. Macleod & Skye Barbecue
Dance: Where is my Fiddle?
Alasdair Fraser
The Banks o' Spey
Dance: Thank you George
William Marshall
Emmy's Wedding
Nicolas “Niols” Jeannerod
An American Church in Paris
Dance: A Jig for Tom or 21 in Celsius!
Anne-Laure Latour
Mr Francis Walduck
Dance: Encore en corps
Emma Nixon
Moulin d'Ande & Wild Ride
Dance: A Contra Dance Weekend in Normandy
Nicolas “Niols” Jeannerod
Lost in the Music
Dance: Lose Yourself to Dance
Muriel Johnstone
A June Weekend in Saint-Quay-Perros
Dance: Chase Halfway in Brittany
Nicolas “Niols” Jeannerod
Dancing Lights
Dance: Aurores boréales
Victor Lanvin