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|f_annotation=LADY JOHN SCOTT TO BINCHAT. Scottish, "Lady John Scott to Binchat" was composed by Atholl gamekeeper and fiddler-composer [[biography:John Crerar]] in honor of Lady John Scott, otherwise known as Alicia Ann Sptiswoode, who wrote the song "[[Annie Laurie]]/Lawrie" and others. She, along with her husband, Lord John Scott (youngest son the 4th Duke Buccleuch), were visitors to [[John_Murray,_4th_Duke_of_Atholl]], Crerar's employer. Crerar composed a number of tunes for the extended Murray family and for events and distinguished visitors. Crerar researcher Eilidh Scammell deciphered the word 'Binchat' in the title, finding it a phonetic rendering of the Scots Gaelic ''Beinn a' Chait'', a placename on the Atholl estate, ten miles north of Blair Atholl<ref>Eilidh Scammell, BA Thesis, "John Crerar, a Highland Perthshire fiddler 1750-1840", 2013, p. 30.</ref>. | |f_annotation=LADY JOHN SCOTT TO BINCHAT. Scottish, "Lady John Scott to Binchat" was composed by Atholl gamekeeper and fiddler-composer [[biography:John Crerar]] in honor of Lady John Scott, otherwise known as Alicia Ann Sptiswoode, who wrote the song "[[Annie Laurie]]/Lawrie" and others. She, along with her husband, Lord John Scott (youngest son the 4th Duke Buccleuch), were visitors to [[wikipedia:John_Murray,_4th_Duke_of_Atholl]], Crerar's employer. Crerar composed a number of tunes for the extended Murray family and for events and distinguished visitors. Crerar researcher Eilidh Scammell deciphered the word 'Binchat' in the title, finding it a phonetic rendering of the Scots Gaelic ''Beinn a' Chait'', a placename on the Atholl estate, ten miles north of Blair Atholl<ref>Eilidh Scammell, BA Thesis, "John Crerar, a Highland Perthshire fiddler 1750-1840", 2013, p. 30.</ref>. | ||
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LADY JOHN SCOTT TO BINCHAT. Scottish, "Lady John Scott to Binchat" was composed by Atholl gamekeeper and fiddler-composer biography:John Crerar in honor of Lady John Scott, otherwise known as Alicia Ann Sptiswoode, who wrote the song "Annie Laurie/Lawrie" and others. She, along with her husband, Lord John Scott (youngest son the 4th Duke Buccleuch), were visitors to wikipedia:John_Murray,_4th_Duke_of_Atholl, Crerar's employer. Crerar composed a number of tunes for the extended Murray family and for events and distinguished visitors. Crerar researcher Eilidh Scammell deciphered the word 'Binchat' in the title, finding it a phonetic rendering of the Scots Gaelic Beinn a' Chait, a placename on the Atholl estate, ten miles north of Blair Atholl[1].
- ↑ Eilidh Scammell, BA Thesis, "John Crerar, a Highland Perthshire fiddler 1750-1840", 2013, p. 30.