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|f_annotation='''QUICKSTEP FOR THE YOUNG KNIGHT.''' Scottish, Quickstep march. "Quickstep for the Young Knight" was composed by gamekeeper and fiddler-composer [[biography:John Crerar]], who was employed by [[wikipedia:John Murray 4th Duke of Atholl]]. Crerar composed a number of tunes for family members and events at Atholl, including visitors. Crerar researcher Eilidh Scammell finds the tune title references one such visitor, who may be Edinburgh lawyer Sir Alexander Muir of Delvine, 1st Bart., who added 'Mackenzie' to his name when his great uncle, John Mackenzie, inherited the Delvine estate (located between Dunkeld and Cupar). However, as Scammell points out, the emphasis on 'young' in the title suggest the tune was composed for Muir's son, Sir John William Muir Mackenzie of Delvin, 2nd Bart., the only boy of eight children, born in 1806, the year after Alexander received his title<ref>Eilidh Scammell, BA Thesis, "John Crerar, a Highland Perthshire fiddler 1750-1840", 2013, p. 29.</ref>.. | |f_annotation='''QUICKSTEP FOR THE YOUNG KNIGHT.''' Scottish, Quickstep march. "Quickstep for the Young Knight" was composed by gamekeeper and fiddler-composer [[biography:John Crerar]], who was employed by [[wikipedia:John Murray 4th Duke of Atholl]]. Crerar composed a number of tunes for family members and events at Atholl, including visitors. Crerar researcher Eilidh Scammell finds the tune title references one such visitor, who may be Edinburgh lawyer Sir Alexander Muir of Delvine, 1st Bart., who added 'Mackenzie' to his name when his great uncle, John Mackenzie, inherited the Delvine estate (located between Dunkeld and Cupar). However, as Scammell points out, the emphasis on 'young' in the title suggest the tune was composed for Muir's son, Sir John William Muir Mackenzie of Delvin, 2nd Bart., the only boy of eight children, born in 1806, the year after Alexander received his title<ref>Eilidh Scammell, BA Thesis, "John Crerar, a Highland Perthshire fiddler 1750-1840", 2013, p. 29.</ref>. | ||
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See Crerar's other tune for a member of the family, "[[Miss Mackenzie of Delvine's Jig]]." | |||
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QUICKSTEP FOR THE YOUNG KNIGHT. Scottish, Quickstep march. "Quickstep for the Young Knight" was composed by gamekeeper and fiddler-composer biography:John Crerar, who was employed by wikipedia:John Murray 4th Duke of Atholl. Crerar composed a number of tunes for family members and events at Atholl, including visitors. Crerar researcher Eilidh Scammell finds the tune title references one such visitor, who may be Edinburgh lawyer Sir Alexander Muir of Delvine, 1st Bart., who added 'Mackenzie' to his name when his great uncle, John Mackenzie, inherited the Delvine estate (located between Dunkeld and Cupar). However, as Scammell points out, the emphasis on 'young' in the title suggest the tune was composed for Muir's son, Sir John William Muir Mackenzie of Delvin, 2nd Bart., the only boy of eight children, born in 1806, the year after Alexander received his title[1].
See Crerar's other tune for a member of the family, "Miss Mackenzie of Delvine's Jig."
- ↑ Eilidh Scammell, BA Thesis, "John Crerar, a Highland Perthshire fiddler 1750-1840", 2013, p. 29.