Annotation:Miss Graham of Inchbrakie
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MISS GRAHAM OF INCHBRAKIE. AKA and see "Miss Duff's Fancy." Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). C Major (most versions): G Major (Morison). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (most versions): AAB (Cranford/Holland). Composed by Biography:Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831), appearing first in print in the Gow's Second Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels (1788). The Gows wrote other melodies for the family—see Niel Gow’s “Major Graham of Inchbrakie.”
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 314, p. 113. Gow (2nd Collection of Neil Gow’s Reels), 1788, 3rd ed.; p. 9. Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1986; p. 34. Henderson (Flowers of Scottish Melody), 1935. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 1. Morison (Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 2), c. 1882; No. 24, p. 13.
Recorded sources: Scots Disc SDL-001, Ron Gonnella – “Scottish Violin Music” (1966). FECD 154, Alistair McCulloch – “Highly Strung.”
See also listings at:
Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [1]
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
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