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'''MATTHEW BRIGGS.''' AKA and see "[[Drummond Castle]]." English, Scottish; Jig. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody also appears in the music manuscript collection of Cumbrian musician John Rook (Waverton, 1840). The tune would appear to be Scots in origin, for it was first 'published' in David Young's Drummond Castle Manuscript (1734) under the title "[[Drummond Castle]]." | '''MATTHEW BRIGGS.''' AKA and see "[[Drummond Castle]]." English, Scottish; Jig. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody also appears in the music manuscript collection of Cumbrian musician John Rook (Waverton, 1840). The tune would appear to be Scots in origin, for it was first 'published' in David Young's Drummond Castle Manuscript (1734) under the title "[[Drummond Castle]]." There was a musician named Matthew Briggs who is credited with a tune setting in Adam Thomson's ballad opera '''The Disappointed Gallant; or, Buckram in Amour''' (Edinburgh, 1738), Air 8, where it is noted that it is "Buckram's own Tune set by Matthew Briggs", beginning: "Welcome, my Friends, to poor Sandy Buckram's House" | ||
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MATTHEW BRIGGS. AKA and see "Drummond Castle." English, Scottish; Jig. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody also appears in the music manuscript collection of Cumbrian musician John Rook (Waverton, 1840). The tune would appear to be Scots in origin, for it was first 'published' in David Young's Drummond Castle Manuscript (1734) under the title "Drummond Castle." There was a musician named Matthew Briggs who is credited with a tune setting in Adam Thomson's ballad opera The Disappointed Gallant; or, Buckram in Amour (Edinburgh, 1738), Air 8, where it is noted that it is "Buckram's own Tune set by Matthew Briggs", beginning: "Welcome, my Friends, to poor Sandy Buckram's House"
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), vol. II, 1785; No. 160, p. 59. Preston (Preston's 24 Country Dances for 1801), 1801; No. 4.
Recorded sources: