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'''MAINS OF GARTLY.''' Scottish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927) after a | '''MAINS OF GARTLY.''' Scottish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927) after a visit to a farm called the Mains of Gartly, on which stood the ruins of the Castle of Gartly. The lands of Gartly came into the possession of the Marquis of Huntly in 1600. Lachlan Shaw (in ) gives: | ||
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''It was also the scene of a ballad called "The Barone o' Garly," which tells that the'' | |||
''Baron's lady, during his absence in the wars, became the wife of Gordon of Lesmore,'' | |||
''and that, the Baron having consulted "weird sisters" in a cave on the Binhill of'' | |||
''Cairney regarding the affair, revenged the insult by burning the Castle of Garly, its'' | |||
''faithless lady, and the whole inmates.'' | |||
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The reel first appears in Skinner's '''Logie Collection''' (1880). | |||
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MAINS OF GARTLY. Scottish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927) after a visit to a farm called the Mains of Gartly, on which stood the ruins of the Castle of Gartly. The lands of Gartly came into the possession of the Marquis of Huntly in 1600. Lachlan Shaw (in ) gives:
It was also the scene of a ballad called "The Barone o' Garly," which tells that the Baron's lady, during his absence in the wars, became the wife of Gordon of Lesmore, and that, the Baron having consulted "weird sisters" in a cave on the Binhill of Cairney regarding the affair, revenged the insult by burning the Castle of Garly, its faithless lady, and the whole inmates.
The reel first appears in Skinner's Logie Collection (1880).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music), 1983; Ex. 112, p. 188. Skinner (The Scottish Violinist), p. 23. Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; p. 66.
Recorded sources:
See also listings at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]