Annotation:Miss Austin

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MISS AUSTIN. Scottish, Air or Slow Strathspey (whole time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Biography:Archibald Allan of Forfar (1794-1831), described in J. Scott Skinner's Harp and Claymore (1904) collection as "one of the very best players and composers of his day." He was a cousin of the famous fiddler James Allan (1800-1877), and a member of Nathaniel Gow's band. His most famous composition is "Dean Bridge of Edinburgh (The)."

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Printed sources: Davie (Davie's Caledonian Repository), Aberdeen, 1829-30; p. 27. Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1986; p. 40. Stewart-Roberson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 302.

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