Annotation:Mr. Compton of Compton Hall

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X:1 T:Mr. Compton of Corham Hall's Reel C:Alexander Given M:C L:1/8 S: Gow & Shepherd: Mrs. Elliot's (Tiviotbank) reel and Mr. Douglas of Springwood Park's Strathspey K:A E|A2 cA ecac|A2cA =FFB|A2cA ecae|(fg/a/) ed cAA:| (e/f/2g/2)|aece dfce|aece fBBg|aece dfce|(fg/a/) ed cAAg| aece dfce|aece fBBc|AEFG ABcd|cedB cAA|]


MR. COMPTON OF CORHAM/COMPTON HALL. AKA - "Mr. Compton of Carham-hall’s Reel." Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Athole): AABB' (Kerr). The tune is credited to Alexander Givan by Nathaniel Gow (1817); the former was famous for his popular composition “Teviot Brig/Tiviot Bridge.” "Mr. Compton of Corham Hall's Reel"[1] was composed by fiddler-composer Alexander Givan (1752-1803) of Kelso and issued in a small folio accompanied with several of his other compositions by the Edinburgh publishing concern of Gow & Shepherd c. 1810.


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Printed sources : - Gow & Shepherd: (Mrs. Elliot's (Tiviotbank) reel and Mr. Douglas of Springwood Park's Strathspey), ca.1810; p. 2.Gow (Complete Repository, Part 4), 1817; p. 24 (appears as “Mr. Compton of Carham-hall’s Reel”). Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2); No. 22, p. 5. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 23.

Recorded sources : - Rounder 7059, Alex Francis MacKay with Gordon MacLean – “Gaelic in the Bow” (2005).



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