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'''BIRNAM WOOD'''. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by John Gow (1764-1826), who established a London publishing firm with his brother Andrew, and who distributed brother Nathaniel Gow's publications. Paul Stewart Cranford characterizes it as a "Marching Air". Birnam Wood was immortalized by Shakespeare in MacBeth, when the usurper believes he is safe until the very woods must march before he is defeated. The son of the King he assassinated, Malcolm, eventually gathers a force and stays a night in Birnam Wood on their march to battle with MacBeth. They gather bows in the morning and come to battle adorned with "the Wood". Perhaps more to the point of Gow's composition, the town of Birnam, Perthshire, sits on the River Tay, opposite the town of Dunkeld, home to Niel Gow and family.
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''Printed sources:'' Carlin ('''The Gow Collection'''), 1986; No. 11. Cranford ('''Jerry Holland: The Second Collection'''), 2000; No. 304, p. 109. Gow ('''Complete Repository'''), Part 3, 1806; p. 6.
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Carl Mackenzie - "Welcome to Your Feet Again" (1977. Appears as unidentified "Scottish Air").
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'''BIRNAM WOOD'''. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by John Gow (1764-1826), who established a London publishing firm with his brother Andrew, and who distributed brother Nathaniel Gow's publications. Paul Stewart Cranford characterizes it as a "Marching Air". Birnam Wood was immortalized by Shakespeare in MacBeth, when the usurper believes he is safe until the very woods must march before he is defeated. The son of the King he assassinated, Malcolm, eventually gathers a force and stays a night in Birnam Wood on their march to battle with MacBeth. They gather bows in the morning and come to battle adorned with "the Wood". Perhaps more to the point of Gow's composition, the town of Birnam, Perthshire, sits on the River Tay, opposite the town of Dunkeld, home to Niel Gow and family.
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''Printed sources:'' Carlin ('''The Gow Collection'''), 1986; No. 11. Cranford ('''Jerry Holland: The Second Collection'''), 2000; No. 304, p. 109. Gow ('''Complete Repository'''), Part 3, 1806; p. 6.
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''Recorded sources:'' Carl Mackenzie - "Welcome to Your Feet Again" (1977. Appear as unidentified "Scottish Air")
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 Theme code Index    1H1H1H5 11H2H6
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland, Canada
 Genre/Style    Cape Breton/PEI, Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Strathspey
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    CANADA(Maritimes/English)
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Complete Repository Part 3
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 6
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1806
 Artist    
 Title of recording    Welcome to Your Feet Again
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    1977
 Media    
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BIRNAM WOOD. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by John Gow (1764-1826), who established a London publishing firm with his brother Andrew, and who distributed brother Nathaniel Gow's publications. Paul Stewart Cranford characterizes it as a "Marching Air". Birnam Wood was immortalized by Shakespeare in MacBeth, when the usurper believes he is safe until the very woods must march before he is defeated. The son of the King he assassinated, Malcolm, eventually gathers a force and stays a night in Birnam Wood on their march to battle with MacBeth. They gather bows in the morning and come to battle adorned with "the Wood". Perhaps more to the point of Gow's composition, the town of Birnam, Perthshire, sits on the River Tay, opposite the town of Dunkeld, home to Niel Gow and family.

Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 11. Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 304, p. 109. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 3, 1806; p. 6.

Recorded sources: Carl Mackenzie - "Welcome to Your Feet Again" (1977. Appears as unidentified "Scottish Air").

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