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|f_annotation='''MISS GRANT OF GRANT'S STRATHSPEY.''' Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Miss Grant of Grant's Strathspey" was composed by Sir Archibald Dunbar (1772-1847) of Northfield, Elgin. Dunbar married Helen Cumming-Gordon who was the daughter of Sir Alexander Penrose Cumming-Gordon of Alytre and his wife, Helen Grant. His mother-in-law Helen was the daughter of Sir Ludovick Grant of Grant. | |f_annotation='''MISS GRANT OF GRANT'S STRATHSPEY.''' Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Miss Grant of Grant's Strathspey" was composed by [[biography:Sir Archibald Dunbar]] (1772-1847) of Northfield, Elgin. Dunbar married Helen Cumming-Gordon who was the daughter of Sir Alexander Penrose Cumming-Gordon of Alytre and his wife, Helen Grant. His mother-in-law Helen was the daughter of Sir Ludovick Grant of Grant. | ||
Grant of Grant was an aristocratic family in the north of Scotland. Dunbar's strathspey was perhaps for one of the daughters of Sir James Grant of Grant, 8th Bart., and his wife Jean Duff. James Taylor also included in his c. 1835 volume one of his own compositions for one of the Grant of Grant daughters, "[[Lady Penuel Grant]]." | |||
|f_printed_sources=<span>James Taylor ('''A Collection of Strathspeys & Reels, together with a Set of Scots Quadrilles'''), Elgin, c. 1835; p. 3.</span><span></span> | |f_printed_sources=<span>James Taylor ('''A Collection of Strathspeys & Reels, together with a Set of Scots Quadrilles'''), Elgin, c. 1835; p. 3.</span><span></span> | ||
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MISS GRANT OF GRANT'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Miss Grant of Grant's Strathspey" was composed by biography:Sir Archibald Dunbar (1772-1847) of Northfield, Elgin. Dunbar married Helen Cumming-Gordon who was the daughter of Sir Alexander Penrose Cumming-Gordon of Alytre and his wife, Helen Grant. His mother-in-law Helen was the daughter of Sir Ludovick Grant of Grant.
Grant of Grant was an aristocratic family in the north of Scotland. Dunbar's strathspey was perhaps for one of the daughters of Sir James Grant of Grant, 8th Bart., and his wife Jean Duff. James Taylor also included in his c. 1835 volume one of his own compositions for one of the Grant of Grant daughters, "Lady Penuel Grant."
