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'''PENNY WEDDING REEL.''' Scottish, Reel. D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by [[biography:Nathaniel Gow]] (1763-1831). A ‘penny wedding’ is one in which the guests all contribute a dish for the after-ceremony celebration, or one in which the guests all contribute something to the new couple to defray the cost of the festivities. | '''PENNY WEDDING REEL.''' Scottish, Reel. D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by [[biography:Nathaniel Gow]] (1763-1831). A ‘penny wedding’ is one in which the guests all contribute a dish for the after-ceremony celebration, or one in which the guests all contribute something to the new couple to defray the cost of the festivities. | ||
[[File:pennywedding.jpg|500px|thumb|left|The Penny Wedding, 1818. By Sir David Wilkie (1785-1841). The fiddler is a likeness of Niel Gow (1727-1807) | [[File:pennywedding.jpg|500px|thumb|left|The Penny Wedding, 1818. By Sir David Wilkie (1785-1841). The fiddler at left is a likeness of Niel Gow (1727-1807).]] | ||
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PENNY WEDDING REEL. Scottish, Reel. D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by biography:Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831). A ‘penny wedding’ is one in which the guests all contribute a dish for the after-ceremony celebration, or one in which the guests all contribute something to the new couple to defray the cost of the festivities.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 311. Gow (Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1807; p. 13.
Recorded sources: