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Theme code Index	135L3L 4L216L
Also known as
Composer/Core Source	J. Scott Skinner
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	March/Marche
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	J. Scott Skinner
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Harp and Claymore Collection
Tune and/or Page number	p. 27
Year of publication/Date of MS	1904
Artist
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BALMORAL CASTLE [1]. Scottish, March (4/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by J. Scott Skinner after he visited the summer residence of Queen Victoria in Scotland, located between Braemar and Ballater on the river Dee in the Grampians. Hardie (1992) states that the Queen had commanded Skinner, who first gained considerable fame as a dancing master, to include the tenantry of the castle among his pupils. The word Balmoral is said to mean "the house of the laird," the root being the Gaelic baile, a homestead or, later, village (Matthews, 1972). The estate belonged to the Earl of Huntly from the 15th century, and was acquired from the Earl of Fife by Prince Albert and Queen Victoria in 1852 at a price of £31, 500. They demolished the old buildings and built a new castle in the neo-Gothic Scottish baronial style. It was not used much by Victoria after Albert's death, but it has since become a favourite abode of Prince Charles.

Printed source: Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1992; p. 124 (includes variations). Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; p. 27 (includes variation sets).

Recorded sources: Olympic 6151, The Scottish Fiddle Festival Orchestra - "Scottish Traditional Fiddle Music" (1978).

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T:Balmoral Castle [1]
M:C
L:1/8
R:March
N:"Bold and bright." 
Q:112
C:J. Scott Skinner
S:Skinner - Harp and Claymore (1904)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
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