Annotation:Mrs. Duff (of Fetteresso's) Strathspey (1): Difference between revisions

Find traditional instrumental music
*>Move page script
m (Text replace - "[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}|Tune properties and standard notation]]" to "'''Back to [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]'''")
Line 1: Line 1:
[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}|Tune properties and standard notation]]
'''Back to [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]'''
----
----
<p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4">
<p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4">
Line 22: Line 22:
<br>
<br>
----
----
[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}|Tune properties and standard notation]]
'''Back to [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]'''

Revision as of 20:16, 4 April 2012

Back to Mrs. Duff (of Fetteresso's) Strathspey (1)


MRS. DUFF (OF FETTERESSO’S) STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Kirkmichael, Perthshire, fiddler and composer Robert Petrie (1767-1830). It appears in his Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances (1795), a volume dedicated to his patroness and employer, Mrs. Garden of Troup. Mrs. Duff was Mary Morrison (c. 1768-1833), the wife of Robert William Duff (1767-1834), 2nd of Fetteresso, whom she married in 1789. She was the grand-daughter of General Abercrombie of Glassaugh, M.P. Henry Raeburn painted her portrait [1] in 1799. They live at Fetteresso Castle, a gothic style Palladian manor built in 1761 around a 14th century towerhouse, and is located in Kincardineshire near the town of Stonehaven.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources:

Recorded sources:




Back to Mrs. Duff (of Fetteresso's) Strathspey (1)