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|f_annotation='''FOUR AND TWENTY HIGHLANDMEN [1]'''. Scottish, Reel. The melody appears in the '''Drummond Castle Manuscript''', | |f_annotation='''FOUR AND TWENTY HIGHLANDMEN [1]'''. Scottish, Reel (cut time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in the '''Drummond Castle Manuscript''' (1734, No. 45), inscribed "A Collection of the best Highland Reels written by David Young, W.M. & Accomptant." The MS, in the possession of the Earl of Ancaster at Drummond Castle, is sometimes called the "Duke of Perth MS" after its dedicatee. Young also entered the tune into his subsequent '''MacFarlane Manuscript''' (c. 1740), compiled for his patron at the time, Walter MacFarlane of MacFarlane. The reel also appears in the James Knox Manuscript under the title "Killiecrankie" (No. 87, p. f. 26). | ||
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There are a few tunes by the name of "Four and Twenty Highlandmen." One such was the vehicle for a song in the ballad opera '''Devil to Pay''' (1731). | |||
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FOUR AND TWENTY HIGHLANDMEN [1]. Scottish, Reel (cut time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in the Drummond Castle Manuscript (1734, No. 45), inscribed "A Collection of the best Highland Reels written by David Young, W.M. & Accomptant." The MS, in the possession of the Earl of Ancaster at Drummond Castle, is sometimes called the "Duke of Perth MS" after its dedicatee. Young also entered the tune into his subsequent MacFarlane Manuscript (c. 1740), compiled for his patron at the time, Walter MacFarlane of MacFarlane. The reel also appears in the James Knox Manuscript under the title "Killiecrankie" (No. 87, p. f. 26).
There are a few tunes by the name of "Four and Twenty Highlandmen." One such was the vehicle for a song in the ballad opera Devil to Pay (1731).
