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LADY GLASGOW. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by the Hugh Montgomerie (1739-1819), 12th Earl of Eglinton, a cellist and amateur composer. Montgomerie was also Member of Parliament for Ayrshire, and the moving force behind the Glasgow, Paisley and Ardrossan Canal, a project to bring large ships to the port of Glasgow, which had declined due to the silting of the River Clyde.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; p. 4.

Recorded sources:




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