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Theme code Index	3b15L1 3b145
Also known as	Athole Brose, Niel Gow's Favorite
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Strathspey
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	1 flat
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	ABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:John Glen
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music vol. 2 (The)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 41
Year of publication/Date of MS	1895
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BUCKINGHAM HOUSE. AKA and see "Athole Brose," "Niel Gow's Favorite." Scottish, Strathspey. A Mixolydian (Hardie, Skinner) {Skinner reports the original key was D Mixolydian}: D Minor (Gatherer, Glen). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Glen): AABB (Gatherer, Hardie, Skinner). The melody was composed by either Abraham Mackintosh (1769-c. 1807) or his father Robert 'Red Rob' Mackintosh (c. 1745-1807). Glen (1891) maintains the elder Mackintosh set the music to a song called "Athol Brose" in 1796, though it is credited to Abraham in Robert Mackintosh's 3rd Collection (1796). David Baptie (in Musical Scotland, 1895) also records Abraham as the composer, pointing out the strathspey "Buckingham House" was first published in his father's collection, clearly attributed to "Macintosh, Junior" in print.

Buckingham is an Anglo-Saxon name, probably stemming from the early years of their invasion of England, meaning 'the homestead of Bucca's people.' Buckingham House developed from a country mansion into Buckingham Palace, the residence of the Queen of England. King George III bought Buckingham House in 1761 for his wife Queen Charlotte to use as a comfortable family home close to St James's Palace, where many court functions were held. Buckingham House became known as the Queen's House, and 14 of George III's 15 children were born there. In 1762 work began on remodelling the house to the King's requirements, to designs by Sir William Chambers, at a cost of £73,000. Still later developments and improvements extended the mansion to the present-day palace. See also the Irish reel "Dogs Among the Bushes (The)," a variant.

Printed sources: Gatherer (Gatherer's Musical Museum), 1987; p. 37. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; p. 41. Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1992; p. 116. Skinner (The Scottish Violinist), p. 10 (includes a variation).

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Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
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-Buckingham is an Anglo-Saxon name, probably stemming from the early years of their invasion of England, meaning 'the homestead of Bucca's people.' Buckingham House developed from a country mansion into Buckingham Palace, the residence of the Queen of England. King George III bought Buckingham House in 1761 for his wife Queen Charlotte to use as a comfortable family home close to St James's Palace, where many court functions were held. Buckingham House became known as the Queen's House, and 14 of George III's 15 children were born there. In 1762 work began on remodelling the house to the King's requirements, to designs by Sir William Chambers, at a cost of £73,000. Still later developments and improvements extended the mansion to the present-day palace. See also the Irish reel "[[Dogs Amongst the Bushes]]," a variant.
+Buckingham is an Anglo-Saxon name, probably stemming from the early years of their invasion of England, meaning 'the homestead of Bucca's people.' Buckingham House developed from a country mansion into Buckingham Palace, the residence of the Queen of England. King George III bought Buckingham House in 1761 for his wife Queen Charlotte to use as a comfortable family home close to St James's Palace, where many court functions were held. Buckingham House became known as the Queen's House, and 14 of George III's 15 children were born there. In 1762 work began on remodelling the house to the King's requirements, to designs by Sir William Chambers, at a cost of £73,000. Still later developments and improvements extended the mansion to the present-day palace. See also the Irish reel "[[Dogs Among the Bushes (The)]]," a variant.
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