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'''LORD BLANTYRE'S.''' Scottish (originally), Canadian; Strathspey. Canada, Cape Breton. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Athole, Gow, Skye): AABB' (Kerr). Composed by [[Biography:Niel Gow]] (1727-1807), probably in honor of Robert Walter Stewart (1777-1830) the 11th Lord Blantyre, a Major-General in the British army. Stewart was the commanding officer of the 42nd Regiment-the famous Black Watch-during Wellington's Napoleonic War campaigns in Portugal and Spain in 1811-12. He was also the Lord Lieutenant of Renfreshire. Blantyre accidentally shot himself in Brussels in September, 1830. See "[[Tulleynet Hall]]/[[Tulleymet Hall]]" for a minor mode, reel setting that is very similar. See also "[[Annotation:Lenox Love to Blantyre]]" for more on the family. | '''LORD BLANTYRE'S.''' Scottish (originally), Canadian; Strathspey. Canada, Cape Breton. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Athole, Gow, Skye): AABB' (Kerr). Composed by [[Biography:Niel Gow]] (1727-1807), probably in honor of Robert Walter Stewart (1777-1830) the 11th Lord Blantyre, a Major-General in the British army. Stewart was the commanding officer of the 42nd Regiment-the famous Black Watch-during Wellington's Napoleonic War campaigns in Portugal and Spain in 1811-12. He was also the Lord Lieutenant of Renfreshire. Blantyre accidentally shot himself in Brussels in September, 1830. See "[[Tulleynet Hall]]/[[Tulleymet Hall]]" for a minor mode, reel setting that is very similar. See also "[[Annotation:Lenox Love to Blantyre]]" for more on the family. | ||
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''Printed sources'': Carlin ('''The Gow Collection'''), 1986; No. 119. Gow ('''Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels'''), 1809; p. 33. Laybourn ('''Köhler’s Violin Repository vol. 2'''), 1881-1885; p. 134. MacDonald ('''The Skye Collection'''), 1887; p. 19. Stewart-Robertson ('''The Athole Collection'''), 1884; p. 34. | ''Printed sources'': Carlin ('''The Gow Collection'''), 1986; No. 119. Gow ('''Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels'''), 1809; p. 33. Laybourn ('''Köhler’s Violin Repository vol. 2'''), 1881-1885; p. 134. MacDonald ('''The Skye Collection'''), 1887; p. 19. Stewart-Robertson ('''The Athole Collection'''), 1884; p. 34. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Rounder 7059, Alex Francis MacKay with Gordon MacLean - "Gaelic in the Bow" (2005). </font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Rounder 7059, Alex Francis MacKay with Gordon MacLean - "Gaelic in the Bow" (2005). </font> | ||
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See also listing at:<br> | See also listing at:<br> | ||
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t1859.html]<br> | Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t1859.html]<br> | ||
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LORD BLANTYRE'S. Scottish (originally), Canadian; Strathspey. Canada, Cape Breton. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Athole, Gow, Skye): AABB' (Kerr). Composed by Biography:Niel Gow (1727-1807), probably in honor of Robert Walter Stewart (1777-1830) the 11th Lord Blantyre, a Major-General in the British army. Stewart was the commanding officer of the 42nd Regiment-the famous Black Watch-during Wellington's Napoleonic War campaigns in Portugal and Spain in 1811-12. He was also the Lord Lieutenant of Renfreshire. Blantyre accidentally shot himself in Brussels in September, 1830. See "Tulleynet Hall/Tulleymet Hall" for a minor mode, reel setting that is very similar. See also "Annotation:Lenox Love to Blantyre" for more on the family.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 119. Gow (Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1809; p. 33. Laybourn (Köhler’s Violin Repository vol. 2), 1881-1885; p. 134. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 19. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 34.
Recorded sources: 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]