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'''ROYAL ABERDEENSHIRE HIGHLANDERS, THE.''' Scottish, March (4/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler-composer [[biography:Alexander Walker]] (b. 1819). See also Walker's composition | '''ROYAL ABERDEENSHIRE HIGHLANDERS, THE.''' Scottish, March (4/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler-composer [[biography:Alexander Walker]] (b. 1819). The Royal Aberdeenshire Highlanders, a volunteer unit, in 1882 became the 3rd Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders. One of its officers, from 1875-1878, was W.S. Gilbert (of Gilbert & Sullivan fame) who was a captain. [[File:WSgilbert.jpg|340px|thumb|right|W.S. Gilbert, Capt. Royal Aberdeenshire Highlanders, late 1870's]] | ||
See also Walker's composition another of of the unit's officers, "[[Captain Charles Leith Hay's Reel]]." | |||
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== Additional notes == | == Additional notes == | ||
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<font color=red>''Source for notated version''</font>: - | <font color=red>''Source for notated version''</font>: - | ||
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<font color=red>''Printed sources''</font> : - Walker ('''A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.'''), 1866; No. 68, p. 24. | <font color=red>''Printed sources''</font> : - Walker ('''A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.'''), 1866; No. 68, p. 24. | ||
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<font color=red>''Recorded sources'': </font> <font color=teal> - </font> | <font color=red>''Recorded sources'': </font> <font color=teal> - </font> | ||
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See also Walker's composition another of of the unit's officers, "Captain Charles Leith Hay's Reel."
According to Paul Stewart Cranford (1991) the tune still has currency among Cape Breton fiddlers.