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COUNTESS OF CRAWFORD, THE. AKA and see "Dunecht House." Scottish, Slow Strathspey or Air. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. One of the most famous compositions of Peter Milne (1824-1908), a Scottish fiddler, one of J. Scott Skinner's teachers and, later, fiddling partner. Milne was renowned for his ability to improvise numerous variation sets as he played. He managed to make a living playing theater venues all over Scotland, but became addicted to opium in the drug laudenaum, which he originally took as a pain-killer. Milne ended his life in reduced circumstances, busking on the ferry which crossed the Firth of Forth until the Forth Bridge was built in 1908. He died in an insane asylum. The "Countess of Crawford" is considered to be among those of Milne's better compositions. See also Milne's companion reel, "The Earl of Crawford's Reel."
Sources for notated versions: Arthur S. Robertson (Shetland) [Hunter]; Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford]; Hector MacAndrew [Martin].
Printed sources: Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 88, p. 38. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 121. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; p. 138.
Recorded source: Olympic 6151, Arthur Robertson - "Scottish Traditional Fiddle Music" (1978).
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