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'''MISS PRIMROSE'''. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927), published in his '''Harp and Claymore''' and '''Scottish Violinist''' collections in the first years of the 20th century. Skinner's manuscript copy [http://www.abdn.ac.uk/scottskinner/display.php?ID=JSS0123] seems to suggest that "Miss Primrose" was his pet name for his "favorite Violin made by Mr Beveridge, Tough." Tough, in Aberdeenshire, was the home of William Beveridge (1821-1893), a maker and repairer of some repute and a contemporary and friend of Skinner's. William Meredith Morris, writing in '''British Violin Makers''', remarks:
'''MISS PRIMROSE'''. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927), published in his '''Harp and Claymore''' and '''Scottish Violinist''' collections in the first years of the 20th century. Skinner's manuscript copy [http://www.abdn.ac.uk/scottskinner/display.php?ID=JSS0123] seems to suggest that "Miss Primrose" was his pet name for his "favorite Violin made by Mr Beveridge, Tough." Tough, in Aberdeenshire, was the home of William Beveridge (1821-1893), a maker and repairer of some repute and a contemporary and friend of Skinner's (see also "[[Mr. Beveridge]]"}. William Meredith Morris, writing in '''British Violin Makers''', remarks:
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''He made many violins, on no particular model, but which are quite artistic in appearance. The'' ''tone is never so good as the workmanship. Label : —<br>
''He made many violins, on no particular model, but which are quite artistic in appearance. The'' ''tone is never so good as the workmanship. Label : —<br>
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''Printed sources'': Skinner ('''The Scottish Violinist'''), 1900; p. 4. Skinner ('''Harp and Claymore'''), 1904; p. 92 (includes variation sets).
''Printed sources'': Skinner ('''The Scottish Violinist'''), 1900; p. 4. Skinner ('''Harp and Claymore'''), 1904; p. 92 (includes variation sets).
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See also listing at:<br>
See also listing at:<br>
Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t2456.html]<br>
Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t2456.html]<br>
MISS PRIMROSE. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927), published in his Harp and Claymore and Scottish Violinist collections in the first years of the 20th century. Skinner's manuscript copy [1] seems to suggest that "Miss Primrose" was his pet name for his "favorite Violin made by Mr Beveridge, Tough." Tough, in Aberdeenshire, was the home of William Beveridge (1821-1893), a maker and repairer of some repute and a contemporary and friend of Skinner's (see also "Mr. Beveridge"}. William Meredith Morris, writing in British Violin Makers, remarks:
He made many violins, on no particular model, but which are quite artistic in appearance. Thetone is never so good as the workmanship. Label : —
W. BEVERIDGE, FECIT, TOUGH, 1870
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Skinner (The Scottish Violinist), 1900; p. 4. Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; p. 92 (includes variation sets).
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See also listing at:
Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [2]
