Annotation:Lament for Sir Harry Niven Lumsden
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LAMENT FOR SIR HARRY NIVEN LUMSDEN, BARONET OF ACHINDOIR. Scottish, Air ("Slow and Pathetic"). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833) of Keithmore, near Fochabers, Banffshire. Sir Harry Niven Lumsden had the good fortune to inherit the estate of Clova from a rich uncle (Cowie, The Life and Times of William Marshall, 1999). Lumsden married Harriet Christian Leith, daughter of Alexander Leith-Hay (1758-1838) of Rannes and Leith Hall, "General Sandie".
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 54. S. Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; p. 33. Marshall, Fiddlecase Editon, 1978; 1822 Collection, p. 60.
Recorded sources: Lismore LILP 5017, Ron Gonnella - "Fiddler's Fancy" (1975). Rounder Records, John MacDougall - "Traditional Fiddle Music of Cape Breton, vol. 2: The Rovers Return (various artists).
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]