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|f_annotation='''MR. BRANDER OF PITGAVNEY'S STRATHSPEY.''' Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Mr. Brander of Pitgavney's Strathspey" was composed by Elgin fiddler-composer [[biography:Donald Grant]] and was published in his '''Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c.''' (1820-21). John Brander Esq. of Pitgavney was the father of Mary Brander, who became the second wife of | |f_annotation='''MR. BRANDER OF PITGAVNEY'S STRATHSPEY.''' Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Mr. Brander of Pitgavney's Strathspey" was composed by Elgin fiddler-composer [[biography:Donald Grant]] and was published in his '''Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c.''' (1820-21). John Brander Esq. (c.1760-1826), 2nd Laird of Pitgavney, was the father of Mary Brander, who became the second wife of Sir Archibald Dunbar of Northfield, Baronet, in 1822. Grant composed tunes for each of them (Mary is probably who is referred to in Grant's "[[Miss Brander (2)]]"), as he did for many of the Morayshire aristocracy from whom he sought patronage. | ||
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Pitgavney was a mansion house, built in 1776 on, or near, the site of an earlier house or manor, with later additions. It was once part of lands of Bishopric of Moray, passing later to the Brodies of Lethen. It was purchased in circa 1765 by James Brander, 1st Laird and John's father. | |||
|f_printed_sources= Donald Grant ('''Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c.'''), 1820-21; p. 25. | |||
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MR. BRANDER OF PITGAVNEY'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Mr. Brander of Pitgavney's Strathspey" was composed by Elgin fiddler-composer biography:Donald Grant and was published in his Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. (1820-21). John Brander Esq. (c.1760-1826), 2nd Laird of Pitgavney, was the father of Mary Brander, who became the second wife of Sir Archibald Dunbar of Northfield, Baronet, in 1822. Grant composed tunes for each of them (Mary is probably who is referred to in Grant's "Miss Brander (2)"), as he did for many of the Morayshire aristocracy from whom he sought patronage.
Pitgavney was a mansion house, built in 1776 on, or near, the site of an earlier house or manor, with later additions. It was once part of lands of Bishopric of Moray, passing later to the Brodies of Lethen. It was purchased in circa 1765 by James Brander, 1st Laird and John's father.
