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'''MONCRIEFFE HOUSE.''' Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by [[Biography:Alexander Walker]]. | '''MONCRIEFFE HOUSE.''' Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by [[Biography:Alexander Walker]]. The seat of the Chief of Clan Moncrieffe was Moncreiffe House, Perthshire, designed and built by renowned architect Sir William Bruce of Kinross, baronet (1630-1710), in 1679, who incorporated an older tower house. The manor survived until 1957, when it burned to the ground, claiming the life of the then-chief. | ||
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MONCRIEFFE HOUSE. Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by Biography:Alexander Walker. The seat of the Chief of Clan Moncrieffe was Moncreiffe House, Perthshire, designed and built by renowned architect Sir William Bruce of Kinross, baronet (1630-1710), in 1679, who incorporated an older tower house. The manor survived until 1957, when it burned to the ground, claiming the life of the then-chief.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.), 1866; No. 38, p. 14.
Recorded sources: