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Theme code Index	1565 151H3
Also known as
Composer/Core Source	Biography:Donald Dow
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Schottische/Schottis/Jennkka/Reinlander, Strathspey
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Mixolydian
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:James S. Kerr
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Merry Melodies vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	No. 17, p. 20
Year of publication/Date of MS	c. 1875?
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BRIG O' PERTH, THE. Scottish, Strathspey or Highland Schottische. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Kerr): AAB (Honeyman, Martin, Skinner). Composed by Donald Dow, an Edinburgh composer and music teacher who lived from 1732 to 1783, perhaps most famous as the composer of "Money Musk." Dow published a collection of Scots tunes called Thirty-seven new reels and strathspeys (1775) which appears to be the first collection to include the word "strathspey" in its title. His family is known to have stayed in Strathardle and his son (John Dow) was born "at Kirkmichael. Dow, whose first name has been given as Daniel or Donald (both acceptable translations for the Gaelic 'Domhnull') was buried in the Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh on January 20th, 1783. In the opinion of Mr. Troup of Ballater (as cited by David Baptie in Musical Scotland, Past and Present, 1894, p. 46) "The Brig o' Perth" is among the dozen or so of Dow's best compositions.

Printed sources: Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; p. 20 (Strathspey). Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 17, p. 20 (Highland Schottische). Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; p. 22. Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; p. 103.

Recorded source: Topic 12TS266, John Grant - "The Caledonian Companion" (1975).

X:1
T:Brig O' Perth [1], The
C:Donald Dow
M:4/4
L:1/4
R:Strathspey
Q:120
K:Amix
A>c e>g f>d e>c | A>c e>^g a>e c2 | A>c e>g f>d e>c | B>GB>d g>dB>G |
A>ce>g f>de>d | c>Ac>e a2 f>g | a>fg>e f>de>c | d>B G>B g>d B>G :|
A>ae>a c>ae>a | c>Ac>e a>ec>B | A>ae>a c>ae>a | B>GB>d g>dB>G | 
A>ae>a c>ae>a | c>Ac>e a2 f>g | a>fg>e f>de>c | d>BG>B g>dB>G ||