It is one of the earliest and most important collections of Danish traditional music.
Storm was a Danish fiddler and dancing master (teacher) born in 1733 on the Island of Funen.
He was the son of an indentured peasant and worked as an assistant to a merchant.
He began compiling his tunebook around 1760, but it is unknown where he learned the tunes.
Among the tunes are minuets, polskas, bourrées, marches and rigaudons – as well as otherwise unknown dance types such as "dantz" and "serras" and several folk melodies.