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'''MR. ROBERTSON OF LADYKIRK'''. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831). Ladykirk is in Berwickshire near the River Tweed. Robertson was a gentleman farmer and breeder of cattle and other livestock. See also the strathspey composed for his wife by Nathaniel’s brother John (“[[Mrs. Robertson of Ladykirk’s Favorite]]”). | '''MR. ROBERTSON OF LADYKIRK'''. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Nathaniel Gow [http://www.electricscotland.com/history/other/gow_nathaniel.htm] (1763-1831). Ladykirk is in Berwickshire near the River Tweed. Robertson was a gentleman farmer and breeder of cattle and other livestock. See also the strathspey composed for his wife by Nathaniel’s brother John (“[[Mrs. Robertson of Ladykirk’s Favorite]]”). | ||
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Revision as of 05:19, 20 February 2012
Tune properties and standard notation
MR. ROBERTSON OF LADYKIRK. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Nathaniel Gow [1] (1763-1831). Ladykirk is in Berwickshire near the River Tweed. Robertson was a gentleman farmer and breeder of cattle and other livestock. See also the strathspey composed for his wife by Nathaniel’s brother John (“Mrs. Robertson of Ladykirk’s Favorite”).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection, 1986; No. 168. Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 3rd ed., 1792; p. 28.
Recorded sources: