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Tune Annotations:	'''MISS GRACE ABERCROMBY OF BIRKENBOG'S STRATHSPEY.''' Scottish, Strathspey (cut time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Miss Grace Abercromby of Birkenbog's Strathspey" was composed by John Morison (1772-1848), a fiddler and, for a time, organist at St. Peter's Chapel, Peterhead. Morison was from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, the easternmost point of Scotland and a port town on the North Sea. He had a small fiddle band for playing dances, but he supported himself, as many musicians did, with diversification. Alburger notes he also organized balls and ran a ship's chandlery; he also tuned pianos and organs and copied out music, but eventually he went bankrupt (at least once). Morison published two collections; the first around 1797 and the second in 1815. <br> <br> Grace Abercromby (1790-1876), was a child of Sir George Abercromby (1750-1831), 4th bt. of Birkenbog and Forglen and his wife, Helen Abercromby of Tullibody (likely a cousin). Sir George was admitted an advocate 1773, served as Sheriff of Morayshire and Nairnshire, 1783-1831; and was appointed clerk for the admission of notars 1807. He succeeded his father as 4th baronet, 11 March 1787. Grace was baptised at Forglen, 18 March 1790, and was about age 7 when Morison issued his collection; perhaps she was received music tutelage from him. She later married, in June, 1823, at Forglen, Joseph Murray (1786-1876) of Ayton (Fife).
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Printed sources:	John Morison ('''A Collection of New Strathspey Reels, with a few favourite Marches'''), Edinburgh, c. 1797; No. 41.
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