Annotation:Miss Drummond of Perth (2)

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MISS DRUMMOND OF PERTH [2]. Scottish, Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composition credited to Niel Gow in the Gow publications. It appeared in Malcolm MacDonald’s 3rd Collection, dedicated to herself, Miss Drummond of Perth. MacDonald was, for a time, a cello player with Niel Gow’s band, according to John Glen. It was also printed in John and Andrew Gow’s A Collection of Slow Airs, Strathspeys and Reels (London, c. 1795). Andrew (1760-1803) and younger brother John (1764-1826) established a publishing business in London in 1788 and were the English distributors for the Gow family musical publications. See also the strathspey version "Miss Drummond of Perth (1)"

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 280. S. Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; p. 27. MacDonald (A Third Collection of Strathspey Reels), c. 1792; p. 1.

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