Annotation:Lady Charlotte Campbell's Strathspey (1)

Find traditional instrumental music
Revision as of 03:30, 30 November 2013 by Andrew (talk | contribs)

Back to Lady Charlotte Campbell's Strathspey (1)


LADY CHARLOTTE CAMPBELL'S STRATHSPEY [1]. Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Glen, Gow, Hunter): AABB' (Athole, Kerr). One of the 197 compositions claimed by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831), and one which "shows Nathaniel at his best" (Emmerson, 1971). Collector John Glen (1895) agrees, listing it among those of Gow's "exceedingly good melodies." See note for "Annotation:Lady Charlotte Campbell's Reel (2)" for more on person of title.

Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford].

Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4), 1796, No. 154, p. 58. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 87. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 166, p. 66. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music),vol. 2, 1891; p. 16. Gow (3rd Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 1792; p. 19 (3rd ed.). Henderson (Flowers of Scottish Melody), 1935. Hunter (The Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 79. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 106, p. 14. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 173. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pp. 30-31.

Recorded sources: Philo FI 2018, "Jean Carignan Plays the Music of Coleman, Morrison & Skinner." "The Caledonian Companion" (1975). Rounder 7059, Alex Francis MacKay with Gordon MacLean - "Gaelic in the Bow" (2005).

See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]




Back to Lady Charlotte Campbell's Strathspey (1)