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MISS GORDON OF LESMORE. Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of a tune by this title in Robert Ross's 1780 collection (p. 9). In Glen's 2nd volume the tune was credited to Daniel McLaren, whose name is found in the lists of subscribers to Niel Gow's first several collections, where he is identified as a musician living in Edinburgh. McLaren published his own collection in 1794.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2), 1895; p. 22. McLaren (A Collection of Strathspey Reels &c.), 1794. Ross (A Choice Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances & Strathspeys), 1780; p. 9.

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-'''MISS GORDON OF LESMORE.''' Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of a tune by this title in Robert Ross's 1780 collection (p. 9). In Glen's 2nd volume the tune was credited to Daniel McLaren, whose name is found in the lists of subscribers to Niel Gow's first several collections, where his is identified as a musician living in Edinburgh. McLaren published his own collection in 1794.
+'''MISS GORDON OF LESMORE.''' Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of a tune by this title in Robert Ross's 1780 collection (p. 9). In Glen's 2nd volume the tune was credited to Daniel McLaren, whose name is found in the lists of subscribers to Niel Gow's first several collections, where he is identified as a musician living in Edinburgh. McLaren published his own collection in 1794.
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-''Printed sources'': Glen ('''The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music'''), vol. 2, 1895; p. 22. Ross ('''A Choice Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances & Strathspeys'''), 1780; p. 9.
+''Printed sources'': Glen ('''The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2'''), 1895; p. 22. McLaren ('''A Collection of Strathspey Reels &c.'''), 1794. Ross ('''A Choice Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances & Strathspeys'''), 1780; p. 9.
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