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'''HONORABLE MISS ELLIOT'''. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Johnny Pringle (born c. 1770), it appears as the first tune in his 1801 collection, a volume he dedicated to the Honorable Miss Elliot, a member of a prominent Borders family (probably the family of Sir Gilbert Elliot, for whom see "[[Annotation:Lady Minto's Favourite]]"). A fiddler-composer, he lived in Edinburgh at No. 16 Rose Street. A subsequent collection was also published by him, date unknown. | '''HONORABLE MISS ELLIOT'''. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Johnny Pringle (born c. 1770), it appears as the first tune in his 1801 collection, a volume he dedicated to the Honorable Miss Elliot, a member of a prominent Borders family (probably a daughter of the family of Sir Gilbert Elliot, for whom see "[[Annotation:Lady Minto's Favourite]]"). A fiddler-composer, he lived in Edinburgh at No. 16 Rose Street. A subsequent collection was also published by him, date unknown. | ||
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HONORABLE MISS ELLIOT. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Johnny Pringle (born c. 1770), it appears as the first tune in his 1801 collection, a volume he dedicated to the Honorable Miss Elliot, a member of a prominent Borders family (probably a daughter of the family of Sir Gilbert Elliot, for whom see "Annotation:Lady Minto's Favourite"). A fiddler-composer, he lived in Edinburgh at No. 16 Rose Street. A subsequent collection was also published by him, date unknown.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 160. Pringle (Collection of Reels Strathspeys & Jigs, 1801; No. 1, p. 1.
Recorded sources:
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