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Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833).

A Scottish fiddler and composer, Marshall is most famous for his many fine strathspeys. Marshall worked for much of his life for the Duke of Gordon as the Steward of his Household, while the Duke in turn was an enthusiastic supporter of Marshall’s music.

Moyra Cowie (The Life and Times of William Marshall, 1999) identifies Mrs. Fraser as Catherine Duncan, wife of John Fraser, the Earl of Seafield’s commissioner.

...more at: Mrs. Fraser, Cullen - full Score(s) and Annotations

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 {{SheetMusic
-|f_track=Cader Idris.mp3
+|f_track=Mrs Fraser Of Cullen.mp3
-|f_pdf=Caret Idris.pdf
+|f_pdf=Mrs.Fraser_Cullen.pdf
-|f_artwork=JohnParry.png
+|f_artwork=Marshall.jpg
-|f_tune_name=Sweet Jenny Jones
+|f_tune_name=Mrs. Fraser, Cullen
-|f_track_title=Sweet Jenny Jones
+|f_track_title=Mrs._Fraser's_Reel--Cullen
 |f_section=abc
-|f_played_by=[https://soundcloud.com/andrewcampling Andrew Campling]
+|f_played_by=[https://soundcloud.com/user-237042521 Alastair Savage]
-|f_notes=Photo of John Parry, c. 1825 - commonly known by his bardic name Bardd Alaw
+|f_notes=William Marshall (27 December 1748 – 29 May 1833) is regarded as one of the greatest composers of Scottish fiddle music.
-|f_caption=Parry did much to promote and popularize Welsh music in England in both music hall and fashionable society settings, and he was very successful with this air which was immensely popular in 19th century England.
+|f_caption=[Katherine (or Catherine) Duncan (born 27/12/1790), lawful daughter of surgeon Alexander Duncan, married John Fraser at Cullen on 5/10/1816. We know from Alexander's will dated 1825 that his daughter's husband was then cashier for the Earl of Seafield in Cullen. https://www.geni.com/people/Katherine-Fraser/6000000008906364248]
-|f_source=[https://soundcloud.com/andrewcampling/cader-idris Soundcloud]
+|f_source=[https://soundcloud.com/user-237042521/miss-hannah-of-elgin-mrs Soundcloud]
 |f_pix=420
 |f_picpix=200
-|f_article=[[Sweet Jenny Jones | '''Sweet Jenny Jones''']]
+|f_article=[[Mrs._Fraser's_Reel--Cullen | '''Mrs. Fraser, Cullen''']]
-The Jenny Jones of the title was said to have been a dairymaid at Pontblyddin Farm, who fell in love with a ploughman named Edward Morgan. Edward went to sea and spent twenty years in the Navy, however, he returned to marry Jenny.
+Composed by [[biography:William Marshall|William Marshall]] (1748-1833).
-The story entranced actor Charles James Mathews, who visited Wales around 1825 and actually met the Morgans and heard their story first-hand. During his trip he heard a harper play Parry’s melody in the hotel he was staying at in Llangollen, and memorized it, not knowing who composed it.
+A Scottish fiddler and composer, Marshall is most famous for his many fine strathspeys. Marshall worked for much of his life for the Duke of Gordon as the Steward of his Household, while the Duke in turn was an enthusiastic supporter of Marshall’s music.
-He was inspired to write a song about the Morgans to the melody, called “Song of Jenny Jones and Ned Morgan,” and performed it for friends in London when he returned. At the end of the evening’s entertainment an elderly gentleman approached him and claimed it was he who originally wrote the tune.
+Moyra Cowie ('''The Life and Times of William Marshall''', 1999) identifies Mrs. Fraser as Catherine Duncan, wife of John Fraser, the Earl of Seafield’s commissioner.
-It was called “Cader Idris,” the old man—Bardd Alaw himself—said, and it had won him a prize at the 1804 Eisteddfod. Mathews continued to perform the song which caught on immediately. It struck a romantic chord, and was popular for nearly two decades, enough to generate other ‘Jenny Jones’ songs and parodies.
-Figures of Jenny Jones were fashioned in chinaware, horse-brasses, and other items.
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