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|f_annotation='''SOUTH BRIDGE OF EDINBURGH, THE.''' AKA and see "[[Haddington Assembly (The)]]." Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Johnson (1984) states the tune was composed by an anonymous fiddler undoubtedly in the autumn of 1787, to celebrate the opening of the South Bridge, a twenty-two arch structure that spanned the Calgate Valley. The tune is adapted from an earlier melody by | |f_annotation='''SOUTH BRIDGE OF EDINBURGH, THE.''' AKA and see "[[Haddington Assembly (The)]]." Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Johnson (1984) states the tune was composed by an anonymous fiddler undoubtedly in the autumn of 1787, to celebrate the opening of the South Bridge, a twenty-two arch structure that spanned the Calgate Valley. The tune is adapted from an earlier melody by oboist William Fraser (1760-1825), "[[Haddington Assembly (The)]]" by which title it was printed by the Gows. | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version=Sharpe MS., p. 223. | |f_source_for_notated_version=Sharpe MS., p. 223. | ||
|f_printed_sources=Johnson ('''Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century'''), 1984; No. 86, p. 229. | |f_printed_sources=Johnson ('''Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century'''), 1984; No. 86, p. 229. | ||
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SOUTH BRIDGE OF EDINBURGH, THE. AKA and see "Haddington Assembly (The)." Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Johnson (1984) states the tune was composed by an anonymous fiddler undoubtedly in the autumn of 1787, to celebrate the opening of the South Bridge, a twenty-two arch structure that spanned the Calgate Valley. The tune is adapted from an earlier melody by oboist William Fraser (1760-1825), "Haddington Assembly (The)" by which title it was printed by the Gows.
