Knauff's Virginia Reels

[CharlieKnuth]

I have recently come across a number of references to George P. Knauff's collection of tunes called Virginia Reels, which was published in 1839. Does anyone know if this is available online in a PDF version or if it is available anywhere in print? It seems to have some pretty good old timey fiddle tunes in it and I think it would be both fun and educational to play through these tunes.

[CharlieKnuth]

Still wondering if anyone can give me any insights to this?

[btrott]

Hi, Charlie. It looks like there is a copy of one of the Knauff collections in the Levy Sheet Music collection at Johns Hopkins (http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/levy-cgi/display.cgi?id=041.123.000;pages=7;range=0-6). And a second one here (http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/levy-cgi/condisp.cgi?id=041.121). These look pretty interesting.

Barry

[CharlieKnuth]

Thanks Barry. This is helpful and very interesting. It would be good to see these in print again, if for no other reason that from an historical perspective.

--charlie