Annotation:Fall of Fyers (2) (The): Difference between revisions

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FALL OF FYERS [2], THE. Scottish, Strathspey. C Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The composition is attributed to G. Grant in John and Andrew Gow's A Collection of Slow Airs, Strathspeys and Reels (London, c. 1795). Andrew (1760-1803) and younger brother John (1764-1826) established a publishing business in London in 1788 and were the English distributors for the Gow family musical publications. Poet Robert Burns (1759-1796) wrote a poem at the Fall of Fyers, Loch Ness, called by some the 'most beautiful cascade in Scotland' (see note for "Fall of Fyers (1)."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: S. Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; p. 26.

Recorded sources:

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-'''FALL OF FYERS [2], THE'''.  Scottish, Strathspey. C Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The composition is attributed to G. Grant in John and Andrew Gow's '''A Collection of Slow Airs, Strathspeys and Reels''' (London, c. 1795). Andrew (1760-1803) and younger brother John (1764-1826) established a publishing business in London in 1788 and were the English distributors for the Gow family musical publications. Poet Robert Burns (1759-1796) wrote a poem at the Fall of Fyers, Loch Ness, called by some the 'most beautiful cascade in Scotland':
+'''FALL OF FYERS [2], THE'''.  Scottish, Strathspey. C Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The composition is attributed to G. Grant in John and Andrew Gow's '''A Collection of Slow Airs, Strathspeys and Reels''' (London, c. 1795). Andrew (1760-1803) and younger brother John (1764-1826) established a publishing business in London in 1788 and were the English distributors for the Gow family musical publications. Poet Robert Burns (1759-1796) wrote a poem at the Fall of Fyers, Loch Ness, called by some the 'most beautiful cascade in Scotland' (see note for "[[Fall of Fyers (1)]]."
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-''Among the heathy hills and ragged woods ''<br>
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-''The roaring Fyers pours his mossy floods; ''<br>
-''Till full he dashes on the rocky mounds, ''<br>
-''Where, thro' a shapeless breach, his stream resounds. ''<br>
-''As high in air the bursting torrents flow, ''<br>
-''As deep recoiling surges foam below, ''<br>
-''Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, ''<br>
-''And viewless Echo's ear, astonished, rends. ''<br>
-''Dim-seen, through rising mists and ceaseless show'rs, ''<br>
-''The hoary cavern, wide surrounding, lours: ''<br>
-''Still thro' the gap the struggling river toils, ''<br>
-''And still, below, the horrid cauldron boils -''<br>
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