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'''MARQUIS OF QUEENSBURY.''' Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Athole): AABB (Cranford/Holland): AABB' (Kerr). Given the melody's first appearance in musician and dancing master [[Biography:Joseph Lowe]]'s (1797–1866) Collection (1844–45), it is likely that the tune refers to Archibald William Douglas (1818–1858), 7th Marquis of Queensbury, educated at Eton, who was a cornet in the 2nd Life Guards, then MP for Dumfries-shire. He died while rabbit hunting when his gun exploded (although some say he was a suicide). The next Marquis of Queensbury, John Sholto Douglas (1844–1900), endorsed a codification of boxing rules in 1867 for both amateur and professional matches. "The Marquis of Queensbury" has been a popular tune among Cape Breton fiddlers. | '''MARQUIS OF QUEENSBURY.''' Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Athole): AABB (Cranford/Holland): AABB' (Kerr). Given the melody's first appearance in musician and dancing master [[Biography:Joseph Lowe]]'s (1797–1866) Collection (1844–45), it is likely that the tune refers to Archibald William Douglas (1818–1858), 7th Marquis of Queensbury, educated at Eton, who was a cornet in the 2nd Life Guards, then MP for Dumfries-shire. He died while rabbit hunting when his gun exploded (although some say he was a suicide). The next Marquis of Queensbury, John Sholto Douglas (1844–1900), endorsed a codification of boxing rules in 1867 for both amateur and professional matches. "The Marquis of Queensbury" has been a popular tune among Cape Breton fiddlers. | ||
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See also listings at:<br> | See also listings at:<br> | ||
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t1254.html]<br> | Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t1254.html]<br> | ||
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MARQUIS OF QUEENSBURY. Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Athole): AABB (Cranford/Holland): AABB' (Kerr). Given the melody's first appearance in musician and dancing master Biography:Joseph Lowe's (1797–1866) Collection (1844–45), it is likely that the tune refers to Archibald William Douglas (1818–1858), 7th Marquis of Queensbury, educated at Eton, who was a cornet in the 2nd Life Guards, then MP for Dumfries-shire. He died while rabbit hunting when his gun exploded (although some say he was a suicide). The next Marquis of Queensbury, John Sholto Douglas (1844–1900), endorsed a codification of boxing rules in 1867 for both amateur and professional matches. "The Marquis of Queensbury" has been a popular tune among Cape Breton fiddlers.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:
Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 72, p. 29.
Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2), No. 81, p. 11.
Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, book 4, 1844–1845; p. 18.
Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 63.
Recorded sources:
See also listings at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [1]