Annotation:Mrs. Peterkin of Grange Hall's Reel
X:1 T:Mrs. Peterkin of Grange Hall's Reel C:William Christie (1778-1849) N:Christie was a dancing master, fiddler N:and composer from Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Christie - Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Hornpipes, B:Waltzes &c. (Edinburgh, 1820, p. 39) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F B|{AB}c2 (.A.F) GECB|AcBd c_edB|{AB}c2 (.A.F) GECc|BDGE {E}F2 F:| c|{fg}a2 .c.a {ga}b2 .e.g|(fa)(gb) (ab)(ga)|{fg}a2 .c.a {ga]b2 .e.g|acge f2 Tf>g| {fg}a2 .c.a {ga}b2 .e.g|(fa).g.b (ab).g.a|(fg) (ef) (de) (cd)|BDGE {E}F2F||
MRS. PETERKIN OF GRANGE HALL'S REEL. Scottish, Reel (cut time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Mrs. Peterkin of Grange Hall's Reel" was composed by Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire, fiddler-composer, dancing master and postmaster biography:William Christie (1778-1849). Grange Hall, Parish of Kinloss, Moray, northeast Scotland, is a country house and associated grounds, built in 1805 and said to have been originally designed by William Stark of Edinburgh. The estate was originally purchased by John Gordon Peterkin in circa 1800, and it was he who built the mansion house. His sister, who married Major Grant of Invererne taking the name Grant Peterkin, succeeded him, and it is perhaps she whom Christie honored with this tune. The estate remains in the Grant Peterkin family.
