Annotation:Miss Sally Hunter of Thurston’s Jig
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MISS SALLY HUNTER OF THURSTON'S JIG. Scottish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. A popular jig composed by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831). Thurston Manor was a country estate near Dunbar in East Lothian.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4), 1796; No. 74, p. 30. Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 3rd ed., originally 1792; p. 33. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 293. MacDonald (Skye Collection), 1887; p. 177.
Recorded sources: Ian MacDougall – “From Foot Cape.” Scottish Records SR 33 135, Ron Gonnella – “Scottish Violin Music from the Gow Collections” (1973).