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'''MR. ALEXANDER TROUP'''. Scottish, Strathspey. F Sharp Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler-composer [[biography:Alexander Walker]] in honor of Alexander Troup of Dalbagie. | '''MR. ALEXANDER TROUP'''. Scottish, Strathspey. F Sharp Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler-composer [[biography:Alexander Walker]] in honor of Alexander Troup of Dalbagie. Dalbàgie (Glengairn), parish of Glenmuick, is derived from Scots Gaelic ''Dail bhàite'' or "drowned field" or "flooded haugh", denoting a field that is wet and swampy. There was a Glen Gairn farmer by the name of William Troup who lived at Dalbagie, with a son named Charles Troup who resided there in 1870. Perhaps Alexander was another son or other relative. They were associated with Ballater Free Church. | ||
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MR. ALEXANDER TROUP. Scottish, Strathspey. F Sharp Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler-composer biography:Alexander Walker in honor of Alexander Troup of Dalbagie. Dalbàgie (Glengairn), parish of Glenmuick, is derived from Scots Gaelic Dail bhàite or "drowned field" or "flooded haugh", denoting a field that is wet and swampy. There was a Glen Gairn farmer by the name of William Troup who lived at Dalbagie, with a son named Charles Troup who resided there in 1870. Perhaps Alexander was another son or other relative. They were associated with Ballater Free Church.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.), 1866; No. 159, p. 54.
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