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'''COUNTESS OF PERCY'''. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune in Ayr musician John Riddell's (1718-1793) 1782 collection (p. 25). It is entitled: “A Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances and Minuets with two particular slow tunes, with a bass for the Violin, Violincello, or Harpsichord. Composed by John Riddle at Ayr, and Sold by Himself there; likewise by Mr. Robert Bremner in Edinburgh also at his Shope at the Harp and Hautboy, opposite Sumerset House in the Strand, London. Price 5s. Enter’d Stationers Hall. Wm. Edward, Scult. Dun Cameron Prints it Edinburgh.The name is spelled "Riddell" in the second edition of his collection, which was published by James Aird, Glasgow, in 1782.
'''COUNTESS OF PERCY'''. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune in Ayr musician John Riddell's (1718-1793) 1782 collection (p. 25). It is entitled: '''A Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances and Minuets with two particular slow tunes, with a bass for the Violin, Violincello, or Harpsichord. Composed by John Riddle at Ayr, and Sold by Himself there; likewise by Mr. Robert Bremner in Edinburgh also at his Shope at the Harp and Hautboy, opposite Sumerset House in the Strand, London. Price 5s. Enter’d Stationers Hall. Wm. Edward, Scult. Dun Cameron Prints it Edinburgh.''' The name is spelled "Riddell" in the second edition of his collection, which was published by James Aird, Glasgow, in 1782.
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 Theme code Index    51H3H2H 3H2H62H
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:John Glen
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music vol. 1 (The)
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 5
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1891
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COUNTESS OF PERCY. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune in Ayr musician John Riddell's (1718-1793) 1782 collection (p. 25). It is entitled: A Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances and Minuets with two particular slow tunes, with a bass for the Violin, Violincello, or Harpsichord. Composed by John Riddle at Ayr, and Sold by Himself there; likewise by Mr. Robert Bremner in Edinburgh also at his Shope at the Harp and Hautboy, opposite Sumerset House in the Strand, London. Price 5s. Enter’d Stationers Hall. Wm. Edward, Scult. Dun Cameron Prints it Edinburgh. The name is spelled "Riddell" in the second edition of his collection, which was published by James Aird, Glasgow, in 1782.

Printed source: Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; p. 5.


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