Annotation:Colonel Grant of Grant's Strathspey
X:1 T:Colonel Grant of Grant's Strathspey C:Donald Grant M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:Donald Grant – Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. (1820-21, p. 10) B:The volume was perhaps first issued c. 1790, from a penciled note in a copy. N:The collection was dedicated to Mrs. Col. Grant of Grant (“Sir James and N:Lady Grant of Grant”). S: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105813936 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D F2|:D3FA3B {c}d3F E3F|D3FA3B d3ef3e|dcBA B3F d3FE3F|1 AA3 B3A {c}d4 (def2):|2 E2A,2TB,2A,2 {A,}D4D2|| B2|:A3D (GF).E.D B3EE2FG|A3DF3D d3ef3e|dcBA B3F d3FE3F|1AA3TB3A {c}d4 d2f2:|2 D3A,TB,3A, {A,}D4D2||
COLONEL GRANT OF GRANT'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. "Colonel Grant of Grant's Strathspey" was composed by Elgin fiddler-composer biography:Donald Grant and published in his Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. (1820-21[1]). Grant dedicated his collection to Mrs. Colonel Grant of Castle Grant, Grantown on Spey, Morayshire, and wrote a number of tunes for the Grant family and relations. While there have been several "Colonel Grants" the tune title probably refers to Colonel Francis William Grant of Castle Grant, who was an M.P. from Elgin since 1807, and became in 1811 the acting head of his clan during the incurable lunacy of his brother Lewis Alexander Grant, 5th earl of Seafield.
- ↑ A penciled note in one of the copies of the volume suggests the collection was first printed c. 1790 and reprinted 1820-21.