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|f_annotation='''CROSS OF INVERNESS, THE''' (Clach-na-Cudainn). AKA and see "[[Clach na Cudain (2)]]." Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Fraser, Hunter, Kerr): AAB (Alburger). "This air celebrates the foundation-stone of Inverness, if it may be so termed, which is still religiously preserved near the cross,--it belongs to the armorial bearing of the town,-- is engraven upon its seal,-- and is the universal toast when drinking the health or prosperity of its community. It was formerly the resting place of the servant girls, in bringing their water-pails from the river,--of course a celebrated rendezvous for obtaining all the news and scandal imaginable" (Fraser). The melody is thought to possibly have been written by Fraser himself. | |||
---- | |f_source_for_notated_version=Simon Fraser's collection, originally issued in 1816 [Henderson]. | ||
|f_printed_sources=Alburger ('''Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music'''), 1983; Ex. 102, p. 167. Fraser ('''The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles'''), 1816/1874; No. 83, p. 31. Henderson ('''Flowers of Scottish Melody'''), 1935. Hunter ('''The Fiddle Music of Scotland'''), 1988; No. 195. Kerr ('''Merry Melodies, vol. 3'''); No. 44, p. 7. Laybourn ('''Köhlers’ Violin Repository, Book 2'''), 1881-1885, p. 167. Stewart-Robertson ('''The Athole Collection'''), 1884; p. 179. | |||
---- | |f_recorded_sources=Celtic CX 20, The Five MacDonald Fiddlers - "The Five MacDonalds" (c. 1950's). Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX187, Jonnie Hardie - "The Captain's Collection" (1999). | ||
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'''CROSS OF INVERNESS, THE''' (Clach-na-Cudainn). AKA and see "[[Clach na Cudain (2)]]." Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Fraser, Hunter, Kerr): AAB (Alburger). "This air celebrates the foundation-stone of Inverness, if it may be so termed, which is still religiously preserved near the cross,--it belongs to the armorial bearing of the town,-- is engraven upon its seal,-- and is the universal toast when drinking the health or prosperity of its community. It was formerly the resting place of the servant girls, in bringing their water-pails from the river,--of course a celebrated rendezvous for obtaining all the news and scandal imaginable" (Fraser). The melody is thought to possibly have been written by Fraser himself. | |||
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CROSS OF INVERNESS, THE (Clach-na-Cudainn). AKA and see "Clach na Cudain (2)." Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Fraser, Hunter, Kerr): AAB (Alburger). "This air celebrates the foundation-stone of Inverness, if it may be so termed, which is still religiously preserved near the cross,--it belongs to the armorial bearing of the town,-- is engraven upon its seal,-- and is the universal toast when drinking the health or prosperity of its community. It was formerly the resting place of the servant girls, in bringing their water-pails from the river,--of course a celebrated rendezvous for obtaining all the news and scandal imaginable" (Fraser). The melody is thought to possibly have been written by Fraser himself.
