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|f_annotation='''LADY ANN STEWART'S STRATHSPEY.''' AKA - "Lady Ann Stewart." Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major (Gow): C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Lady Ann Stewart's Favorite Strathspey" was composed and published by Edinburgh bandleader, violinist, composer and music publisher [[Wikipedia:Nathaniel_Gow]] (1763-1831), and first printed in 1803 on a single sheet issue containing five tunes (including "[[Cassencarrie]], "[[China Orange-Man (The)]]," "Carolane's[[Carolan's Purse]]," and "[[Dawning of the Day (The)]]"). Gow reprinted the tune sixteen years later in his first '''Beauties of Niel Gow''' collection. The strathspey was fashionable for a few years at society balls and events, but was easily confused with a contemporary tune and dance, "Lady Ann Stuart," and with the various spellings "Stuart/Stewart". Paul Cooper, dance and music researcher at '''Regency Dances''' suggests a candidate for the person of Gow's title was Lady Anne Stewart (c. 1742-1821), widow and cousin of Sir John Stewart (c. 1740-1797), 5th Baronet of Castlemilk, however, Notley notes that there are other viable candidates as well<ref>See Paul Cooper, "Lady Ann Stewart's Favorite Strathspey", '''Regency Dances''' [https://www.regencydances.org/paper040.php#douglas].</ref>. | |||
'''LADY ANN STEWART'S STRATHSPEY.''' Scottish, Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. | |||
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"Lady Ann Stewart's Strathspy" was also entered (as "Lady Ann Steuart") into the music copybook [https://buttreymilitarysocialtunes1800.wordpress.com/melodies/] of John Buttery (1784-1854), a fifer with the 37th Regiment, British army, who served from 1797-1814 and who late in life emigrated to Canada. Buttery's manuscript collection has also been identified as belonging to John Fife <ref>Early American Secular Music and Its European Sources, https://www.cdss.org/elibrary/Easmes/Index.htm</ref>, with a suggested date of 1780. Fife, however, was a family name (as was Buttery), identified with the manuscript but Fife was not the author. Buttery set the tune as a reel rather than as a strathspey, in the fife-friendly key of 'G'. | |||
|f_printed_sources=Anderson ('''Anderson's Budget of Strathspeys, Reels & Country Dances'''), c. 1820; p. 17. Elias Howe ('''Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7'''), Boston, 1880-1882; p. 619. Gow ('''The Beauties of Niel Gow'''), 1818; p. . Laybourn ('''Köhler’s Violin Repository Book 3'''), 1885; p. 246. Manson ('''Hamilton's Universal Tune Book, vol. 1'''), 1844, p. 15. Surenne ('''Dance Music of Scotland'''), 1852; pp. 74-75. Wheatstone & Voight ('''A Selection of Elegant & Fashionable Country Dances, Reels, Waltz's &c. Book 1st'''), c. 1806; . | |||
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LADY ANN STEWART'S STRATHSPEY. AKA - "Lady Ann Stewart." Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major (Gow): C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Lady Ann Stewart's Favorite Strathspey" was composed and published by Edinburgh bandleader, violinist, composer and music publisher Wikipedia:Nathaniel_Gow (1763-1831), and first printed in 1803 on a single sheet issue containing five tunes (including "Cassencarrie, "China Orange-Man (The)," "Carolane'sCarolan's Purse," and "Dawning of the Day (The)"). Gow reprinted the tune sixteen years later in his first Beauties of Niel Gow collection. The strathspey was fashionable for a few years at society balls and events, but was easily confused with a contemporary tune and dance, "Lady Ann Stuart," and with the various spellings "Stuart/Stewart". Paul Cooper, dance and music researcher at Regency Dances suggests a candidate for the person of Gow's title was Lady Anne Stewart (c. 1742-1821), widow and cousin of Sir John Stewart (c. 1740-1797), 5th Baronet of Castlemilk, however, Notley notes that there are other viable candidates as well[1].
"Lady Ann Stewart's Strathspy" was also entered (as "Lady Ann Steuart") into the music copybook [1] of John Buttery (1784-1854), a fifer with the 37th Regiment, British army, who served from 1797-1814 and who late in life emigrated to Canada. Buttery's manuscript collection has also been identified as belonging to John Fife [2], with a suggested date of 1780. Fife, however, was a family name (as was Buttery), identified with the manuscript but Fife was not the author. Buttery set the tune as a reel rather than as a strathspey, in the fife-friendly key of 'G'.
- ↑ See Paul Cooper, "Lady Ann Stewart's Favorite Strathspey", Regency Dances [2].
- ↑ Early American Secular Music and Its European Sources, https://www.cdss.org/elibrary/Easmes/Index.htm