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|f_annotation='''LORD BLAKE'S FAVORITE.''' AKA and see "[[Lord Elcho's Favorite]]," "[[My Tocher's the Jewel]]." Scottish, American; Jig (6/8 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Lord Blake's Favorite" is the title for the tune in Boston music publisher Elias Howe's '''Musician's Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7''' (1880-1882), however, as Fr. John Quinn points out, it was originally called "[[My Tocher's the Jewel]]," a Scottish jig attributed to bandleader, fiddle-composer, music teacher and publisher [[wikipedia:Nathaniel_Gow]] (1763-1831). Howe's title may be a mishearing of another alternate title for the tune, "[[Lord Elcho's Favorite]]." | |f_annotation='''LORD BLAKE'S FAVORITE.''' AKA and see "[[High Way to Edinburgh (1) (The)]]," "[[Lord Elcho's Favorite]]," "[[My Tocher's the Jewel]]." Scottish, American; Jig (6/8 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Lord Blake's Favorite" is the title for the tune in Boston music publisher Elias Howe's '''Musician's Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7''' (1880-1882), however, as Fr. John Quinn points out, it was originally called "[[My Tocher's the Jewel]]," a Scottish jig miss-attributed to bandleader, fiddle-composer, music teacher and publisher [[wikipedia:Nathaniel_Gow]] (1763-1831)<ref>The melody was in print at least by 1760 when it was published by James Oswald as an untitled jig part. </ref>. Howe's title may be a mishearing of another alternate title for the tune, "[[Lord Elcho's Favorite]]." See note for "[[My Tocher's the Jewel]]" for more. | ||
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LORD BLAKE'S FAVORITE. AKA and see "High Way to Edinburgh (1) (The)," "Lord Elcho's Favorite," "My Tocher's the Jewel." Scottish, American; Jig (6/8 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Lord Blake's Favorite" is the title for the tune in Boston music publisher Elias Howe's Musician's Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7 (1880-1882), however, as Fr. John Quinn points out, it was originally called "My Tocher's the Jewel," a Scottish jig miss-attributed to bandleader, fiddle-composer, music teacher and publisher wikipedia:Nathaniel_Gow (1763-1831)[1]. Howe's title may be a mishearing of another alternate title for the tune, "Lord Elcho's Favorite." See note for "My Tocher's the Jewel" for more.
- ↑ The melody was in print at least by 1760 when it was published by James Oswald as an untitled jig part.