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'''LADY MADELINA PALMER'S STRATHSPEY [2]'''. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. See [[Annotation:Lady Madelina Sinclair]] for more on person of the title. | '''LADY MADELINA PALMER'S STRATHSPEY [2]'''. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. See [[Annotation:Lady Madelina Sinclair]] for more on person of the title. The melody was entered into the music manuscript collection of fifer or fiddler John Fife (as "Lady Magdlen Sinclawrs Strathspey"), who began compiling his tunes around 1780, and added to his manuscript for the next twenty-four years. Fife was perhaps from Perthshire, although entries in his ms. indicate he may also have made entries at sea; there are references to battles in Caribbean and the Mediterranean. | ||
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LADY MADELINA PALMER'S STRATHSPEY [2]. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. See Annotation:Lady Madelina Sinclair for more on person of the title. The melody was entered into the music manuscript collection of fifer or fiddler John Fife (as "Lady Magdlen Sinclawrs Strathspey"), who began compiling his tunes around 1780, and added to his manuscript for the next twenty-four years. Fife was perhaps from Perthshire, although entries in his ms. indicate he may also have made entries at sea; there are references to battles in Caribbean and the Mediterranean.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Anderson (Anderson's Budget of Strathspeys, Reels & Country Dances), c. 1920; p. 15.
Recorded sources: