Annotation:Peter Hardie's Lament for Sir M. Dick

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PETER HARDIE'S LAMENT FOR SIR M. DICK. Scottish, Slow Air (6/8 time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Peter Hardie (c. 1775-1863), who has been said to have been a cousin to the great Scottish violin maker Matthew Hardie (1775-1826). Hardie may also have worked as a gamekeeper on the Atholl estate, and may have been influenced there by Niel Gow, as his tunes show stylistic similarities. The musical Hardie family continued with Peter's descendants Bill Hardie (b. 1913) and Bill's son Alastair (b. 1946).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music), 1983; Ex. 75, p. 119.

Recorded sources:

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