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'''LADY ELIZABETH LINDSAY('S STRATHSPEY)'''. Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Alburger, Athole, Gow, Skye): AABB' (Kerr). One of the 197 whose composition was claimed by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831). Emmerson (1971) opines it is one of the compositions that shows Nathaniel at his best, agreeing with the collector John Glen (1895) who listed it as one among those of Gow's "exceedingly good melodies." It resembles the Cape Breton tune "[[Duncan's Trip to the Coal Mines]]." Elizabeth Dalrymple Lindsay was the Countess of Balcarres, a patroness of musicians in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh, and an accomplished keyboard player. One of her compositions, "[[Lady Eliza Lindsay]]," a hornpipe composed for her ten-year-old daughter, appears in John Watlen's 1791 collection. Haigh Hall is presently the seat of the Earl of Balcarres, having been inherited out of the Bradshaw/Bradshaigh family in 1780 when Alexander, the sixth Earl of Balcarres, married Elizabeth (his 1st cousin), only child of Charles Dalrymple, Esq., who himself had inherited the Haigh property from his wife. See also "[[Lady Balcarres]]." | '''LADY ELIZABETH LINDSAY('S STRATHSPEY)'''. AKA and see "[[Duncan's Trip to the Coal Mines]]." Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Alburger, Athole, Gow, Skye): AABB' (Kerr). One of the 197 whose composition was claimed by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831). Emmerson (1971) opines it is one of the compositions that shows Nathaniel at his best, agreeing with the collector John Glen (1895) who listed it as one among those of Gow's "exceedingly good melodies." It closely resembles the Cape Breton tune "[[Duncan's Trip to the Coal Mines]]." Elizabeth Dalrymple Lindsay was the Countess of Balcarres, a patroness of musicians in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh, and an accomplished keyboard player. One of her compositions, "[[Lady Eliza Lindsay]]," a hornpipe composed for her ten-year-old daughter, appears in John Watlen's 1791 collection. Haigh Hall is presently the seat of the Earl of Balcarres, having been inherited out of the Bradshaw/Bradshaigh family in 1780 when Alexander, the sixth Earl of Balcarres, married Elizabeth (his 1st cousin), only child of Charles Dalrymple, Esq., who himself had inherited the Haigh property from his wife. See also "[[Lady Balcarres]]." | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Philo FI 2018, "Jean Carignan Plays the Music of Coleman, Morrison & Skinner." Rounder 7059, Alex Francis MacKay with Gordon MacLean - "Gaelic in the Bow" (2005). </font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Philo FI 2018, "Jean Carignan Plays the Music of Coleman, Morrison & Skinner." Rounder 7059, Alex Francis MacKay with Gordon MacLean - "Gaelic in the Bow" (2005). </font> | ||
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Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t1865.html]<br> | |||
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LADY ELIZABETH LINDSAY('S STRATHSPEY). AKA and see "Duncan's Trip to the Coal Mines." Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Alburger, Athole, Gow, Skye): AABB' (Kerr). One of the 197 whose composition was claimed by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831). Emmerson (1971) opines it is one of the compositions that shows Nathaniel at his best, agreeing with the collector John Glen (1895) who listed it as one among those of Gow's "exceedingly good melodies." It closely resembles the Cape Breton tune "Duncan's Trip to the Coal Mines." Elizabeth Dalrymple Lindsay was the Countess of Balcarres, a patroness of musicians in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh, and an accomplished keyboard player. One of her compositions, "Lady Eliza Lindsay," a hornpipe composed for her ten-year-old daughter, appears in John Watlen's 1791 collection. Haigh Hall is presently the seat of the Earl of Balcarres, having been inherited out of the Bradshaw/Bradshaigh family in 1780 when Alexander, the sixth Earl of Balcarres, married Elizabeth (his 1st cousin), only child of Charles Dalrymple, Esq., who himself had inherited the Haigh property from his wife. See also "Lady Balcarres."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music), 1983; Ex. 80, p. 132. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 93. Robertson (The Beauties of Niel Gow, Book 1), 1819; p. 30. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 200, p. 23. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 135. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 284. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pp. 58-59.
Recorded sources: Philo FI 2018, "Jean Carignan Plays the Music of Coleman, Morrison & Skinner." Rounder 7059, Alex Francis MacKay with Gordon MacLean - "Gaelic in the Bow" (2005).
See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]
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