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'''HONORABLE MRS. F. GRAY'''. "[[Honorable Mr. Gray's Strathspey]]." Scottish, Strathspey. F Major (Glen): D Major (Aird). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. The tune was composed by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831), according to John Glen. However, the tune was printed in Robert Mackintosh's 1793 collection as "[[Honorable Mr. Gray's Strathspey]]," reprinted by Robert Petrie in 1796. With a change of gender, it was printed as "Honorable Mrs. Gray's Strathspey" in James Aird's Glasgow-published '''Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5''' (1801). | '''HONORABLE MRS. F. GRAY'''. "[[Honorable Mr. Gray's Strathspey]]." Scottish, Strathspey. F Major (Glen): D Major (Aird). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. The tune was composed by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831), according to John Glen. However, the tune was printed in Robert Mackintosh's 1793 collection as "[[Honorable Mr. Gray's Strathspey]]," reprinted by Robert Petrie in 1796. With a change of gender, it was printed as "Honorable Mrs. Gray's Strathspey" in James Aird's Glasgow-published '''Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5''' (1801). | ||
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''Printed sources'': Aird ('''Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5'''), Glasgow, 1801; No. 172, p. 64. Glen ('''The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music'''), vol. 2, 1895; p. 24. | ''Printed sources'': Aird ('''Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5'''), Glasgow, 1801; No. 172, p. 64. Glen ('''The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music'''), vol. 2, 1895; p. 24. | ||
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HONORABLE MRS. F. GRAY. "Honorable Mr. Gray's Strathspey." Scottish, Strathspey. F Major (Glen): D Major (Aird). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. The tune was composed by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831), according to John Glen. However, the tune was printed in Robert Mackintosh's 1793 collection as "Honorable Mr. Gray's Strathspey," reprinted by Robert Petrie in 1796. With a change of gender, it was printed as "Honorable Mrs. Gray's Strathspey" in James Aird's Glasgow-published Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5 (1801).
The title refers to Mary Ann Johnston, daughter of Lt. Col. James Johnston, who, in 1794 married Francis Gray, 14th Lord Gray (see "annotation:Honorable Francis Gray's Strathspey (The)" for more).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5), Glasgow, 1801; No. 172, p. 64. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; p. 24.
Recorded sources: