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'''PATRICK GLENNIE'S.''' Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Composed by Alexander Troup of Crathie. The title references the 19th century Alexander Troup of Ballater, who once lived for fifteen weeks at the house of Niel Gow, presumably to study and play with the great fiddler. According to the University of Aberdeen's J. Scott Skinner site:
'''PATRICK GLENNIE'S.''' Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Composed by Alexander Troup of Crathie and Ballater, born at Dalbadgie, in the vicinity of Ballater, in September, 1835. He was locally renowned as a violinist and muiscographer and was often called upon as a judge at pipe and violin competitions. He had a wide and accurate knowledge of the works of Scottish violin composers, and possessed a valuable collection of works on Scottish music and musicians. A contemporary account [c.f. Mackintosh, '''History of the Valley of the Dee''', 1895, p. 146]] said "he is esteemed as one of the highest living authorities upon all points relating to Scottish music. He has played on various occasions at Balmoral. He is also a good vocal musician. In his twenty-first year, he led the psalmody in the church of Crathie before Her Majesty the Queen. He is a man of rare gifts and energy. His elder brother, James, who went to Australia, is also a fine violin player. He also performed before her with Willie Blair, 'The Queen's Fiddler' (see note for "[[annotation:Cluny Castle]]").  See also 'The Queen's Fiddler,' Willie Blair's, reel "[[Mr. A. Troup's]]."  
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''Many thought that...Alexander Troup (b. near Ballater, Aberdeenshire, 1835) was''  
'' 'one of the greatest living authorities upon all things pertaining to Scotch music.' ''
''As a young man he led the psalmody at before Queen Victoria at Crathie''
''Church,' by Balmoral Castle. He also performed before her with Willie Blair, The''
''Queen's 'Fiddler.'' [note for "Cluny Castle"]
</blockquote> See also 'The Queen's Fiddler,' Willie Blair's, reel "[[Mr. A. Troup's]]."  
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PATRICK GLENNIE'S. Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Composed by Alexander Troup of Crathie and Ballater, born at Dalbadgie, in the vicinity of Ballater, in September, 1835. He was locally renowned as a violinist and muiscographer and was often called upon as a judge at pipe and violin competitions. He had a wide and accurate knowledge of the works of Scottish violin composers, and possessed a valuable collection of works on Scottish music and musicians. A contemporary account [c.f. Mackintosh, History of the Valley of the Dee, 1895, p. 146]] said "he is esteemed as one of the highest living authorities upon all points relating to Scottish music. He has played on various occasions at Balmoral. He is also a good vocal musician. In his twenty-first year, he led the psalmody in the church of Crathie before Her Majesty the Queen. He is a man of rare gifts and energy. His elder brother, James, who went to Australia, is also a fine violin player. He also performed before her with Willie Blair, 'The Queen's Fiddler' (see note for "annotation:Cluny Castle"). See also 'The Queen's Fiddler,' Willie Blair's, reel "Mr. A. Troup's."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.), 1866; No. 53, p. 19.

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