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'''LORD DOWN [1].''' Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune appears in [[Biography:Malcolm MacDonald]]'s 1797 4th collection, a volume dedicated to the Countess of Breadalbane. | '''LORD DOWN [1].''' Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune appears in [[Biography:Malcolm MacDonald]]'s 1797 4th collection, a volume dedicated to the Countess of Breadalbane. While there is a "Lord Down" in Irish peerage, the title of this strathspey refers to "Lord Doune" (pronounced 'down'), a title of Stewart Earls of Moray, with the title Lord Doune going to each successive eldest son. | ||
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LORD DOWN [1]. Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune appears in Biography:Malcolm MacDonald's 1797 4th collection, a volume dedicated to the Countess of Breadalbane. While there is a "Lord Down" in Irish peerage, the title of this strathspey refers to "Lord Doune" (pronounced 'down'), a title of Stewart Earls of Moray, with the title Lord Doune going to each successive eldest son.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; p. 39. MacDonald (A Fourth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1797; p. 1. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 201.
Recorded sources:
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