Annotation:Duchess of Roxburghes' Strathspey (1) (The): Difference between revisions

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DUCHESS OF ROXBURGHES' STRATHSPEY, THE. Scottish, Strathspey ("Slow when not danced"). E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). The Duchess was the wife of Sir James Innes, Baronet, 5th Duke of Roxburghe of Floors Castle, who lived in Innes House, near Elgin. Moyra Cowie (The Life and Times of William Marshall, 1999) notes that eight days after the death of his first wife Sir James married Harriet Charlewood of Brighton.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, p. 58.

Recorded sources:

Tune properties and standard notation

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-'''DUCHESS OF ROXBURGHES' STRATHSPEY, THE'''. Scottish, Strathspey ("Slow when not danced"). E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). The Duchess was the wife of Sir James Innes, Baronet, 5th Duke of Roxburghe of Floors Castle, who lived in Innes House, near Elgin. Moyra Cowie ('''The Life and Times of William Marshall''', 1999) reports that eight days after the death of his first wife Sir James married Harriet Charlewood of Brighton.
+'''DUCHESS OF ROXBURGHES' STRATHSPEY, THE'''. Scottish, Strathspey ("Slow when not danced"). E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). The Duchess was the wife of Sir James Innes, Baronet, 5th Duke of Roxburghe of Floors Castle, who lived in Innes House, near Elgin. Moyra Cowie ('''The Life and Times of William Marshall''', 1999) notes that eight days after the death of his first wife Sir James married Harriet Charlewood of Brighton.
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