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'''LALLA SINCE THE QUEEN'S COME.''' Scottish, Strathspey. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927). Although it is not known what prompted Skinner's somewhat queer title, it may have to do with some personal experience. Skinner in his early professional like made his living as a dancing master (as did his father) as well as a musician, establishing | '''LALLA SINCE THE QUEEN'S COME.''' Scottish, Strathspey. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927). Although it is not known what prompted Skinner's somewhat queer title, it may have to do with some personal experience. Skinner in his early professional like made his living as a dancing master (as did his father) as well as a musician, establishing | ||
his credentials with top honors in a sword-dance competition in Ireland in 1862, and a strathspey and reel competition in Inverness in 1863. His growing local reputation came to the notice of Queen Victoria when in residence at Balmoral, and she employed him to teach dancing to the royal household and the the employees on her estate. It is said that by 1868 he had 125 pupils there. | his credentials with top honors in a sword-dance competition in Ireland in 1862, and a strathspey and reel competition in Inverness in 1863. His growing local reputation came to the notice of Queen Victoria when in residence at Balmoral, and she employed him to teach dancing to the royal household and the the employees on her estate. It is said that by 1868 he had 125 pupils there. | ||
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LALLA SINCE THE QUEEN'S COME. Scottish, Strathspey. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927). Although it is not known what prompted Skinner's somewhat queer title, it may have to do with some personal experience. Skinner in his early professional like made his living as a dancing master (as did his father) as well as a musician, establishing his credentials with top honors in a sword-dance competition in Ireland in 1862, and a strathspey and reel competition in Inverness in 1863. His growing local reputation came to the notice of Queen Victoria when in residence at Balmoral, and she employed him to teach dancing to the royal household and the the employees on her estate. It is said that by 1868 he had 125 pupils there.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 52.
Recorded sources:
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