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|f_annotation='''WILLIAM'S LOVE.''' Scottish, Reel (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCD. The tune was composed by John Christie, | |f_annotation='''WILLIAM'S LOVE.''' Scottish, Reel (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCD. The tune was composed by John Christie, who was the brother of Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire, postmaster, fiddler-composer and dancing master [[biography:William Christie]] (1778-1849). There are other compositions of John Christie contained within a c. 1818 manuscript collection <ref>The manuscript is<span data-reactid="73">held at the University of Aberdeen Special Collections Dept.,<span data-reactid="76">Reference</span>GB 231 MS 0793, and is available only by petition.</span></ref> that was compiled by William Christie a few years prior his 1820'''Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Hornpipes, Waltzes &c.,'''and which forms the basis for that latter work. Regarding the title, John Christie seems to be referring to his brother, but whom did William love? His brother, his spouse (Mary Guthrie), or his children (James and William)? | ||
|f_printed_sources=William Christie ('''Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Hornpipes, Waltzes &c.'''), Edinburgh, 1820; pp. 6-7. | |f_printed_sources=William Christie ('''Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Hornpipes, Waltzes &c.'''), Edinburgh, 1820; pp. 6-7. | ||
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WILLIAM'S LOVE. Scottish, Reel (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCD. The tune was composed by John Christie, who was the brother of Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire, postmaster, fiddler-composer and dancing master biography:William Christie (1778-1849). There are other compositions of John Christie contained within a c. 1818 manuscript collection [1] that was compiled by William Christie a few years prior his 1820Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Hornpipes, Waltzes &c.,and which forms the basis for that latter work. Regarding the title, John Christie seems to be referring to his brother, but whom did William love? His brother, his spouse (Mary Guthrie), or his children (James and William)?
- ↑ The manuscript isheld at the University of Aberdeen Special Collections Dept.,ReferenceGB 231 MS 0793, and is available only by petition.