Annotation:J. Scott Skinner (1)
Tune properties and standard notation
J. SCOTT SKINNER (THE STRATHSPEY KING). Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler and composer J. Murdoch Henderson (1902-1972) in 1933, in honor of the renowned Scots fiddler-composer J. Scott Skinner [1] (1843-1927).
Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford]
Printed sources: Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 71, p. 32. Henderson (Flowers of Scottish Melody), 1935.
Recorded sources:
See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [2]