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'''FAREWELL TO THE GLEN''' (Beannachd leis a ghleann). Scottish, Quickstep (2/4 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. A quickstep march composed by Scottish fiddler-composer and dancing master [[biography:J. Scott Skinner]] (1843-1927), dedicated to John MacDonald of Buckie. MacDonald was a banker, and, like several of the dedicatees of Skinner's tune in '''The Logie Collection''', a member of the Gaelic Society of Inverness. The melody also appears in J. Murdoch Henderson's '''Scottish Music Maker''' (1957), a handwritten compilation of the music J. Scott Skinner. Cape Breton fiddler Dan Joe MacInnis recorded the tune c. 1965. | '''FAREWELL TO THE GLEN''' (Beannachd leis a ghleann). Scottish, Quickstep (2/4 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. A quickstep march composed by Scottish fiddler-composer and dancing master [[biography:J. Scott Skinner]] (1843-1927), dedicated to John MacDonald of Buckie. MacDonald was a banker, and, like several of the dedicatees of Skinner's tune in '''The Logie Collection''', a member of the Gaelic Society of Inverness. The melody also appears in J. Murdoch Henderson's '''Scottish Music Maker''' (1957), a handwritten compilation of the music J. Scott Skinner. Cape Breton fiddler Dan Joe MacInnis recorded the tune c. 1965. | ||
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''Printed sources'': Skinner ('''The Logie Collection'''), 1888; p. 77. | ''Printed sources'': Skinner ('''The Logie Collection'''), 1888; p. 77. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Alcazar Dance Series FR 204, "New England Chestnuts 2" (1981).</font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Alcazar Dance Series FR 204, "New England Chestnuts 2" (1981).</font> | ||
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See also listing at:<Br> | See also listing at:<Br> | ||
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t2912.html]<br> | Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t2912.html]<br> | ||
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FAREWELL TO THE GLEN (Beannachd leis a ghleann). Scottish, Quickstep (2/4 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. A quickstep march composed by Scottish fiddler-composer and dancing master biography:J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927), dedicated to John MacDonald of Buckie. MacDonald was a banker, and, like several of the dedicatees of Skinner's tune in The Logie Collection, a member of the Gaelic Society of Inverness. The melody also appears in J. Murdoch Henderson's Scottish Music Maker (1957), a handwritten compilation of the music J. Scott Skinner. Cape Breton fiddler Dan Joe MacInnis recorded the tune c. 1965.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Skinner (The Logie Collection), 1888; p. 77.
Recorded sources: Alcazar Dance Series FR 204, "New England Chestnuts 2" (1981).
See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]