Annotation:Duke of Gordon's Rant (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
DUKE OF GORDON'S RANT, THE. AKA and see "Duke of Gordon's Favourite," "Lord Gordon's Reel," "The Pride of Kildare [3]," etc. Scottish, Strathspey. See discussion of tune in note for "Lord Gordon's Reel." John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune in print in Alexander McGlashan's 1786 collection. Alan Jabbour finds this tune printed in America by George P. Knauff as "Scott's Favorite" in Virginia Reels, volume III (Baltimore, 1839). See also the Irish version "Lord Gordon" and the American variant "Scott's Return." Cape Breton fiddlers play variants under the titles "Taste of Gaelic (A)" and "Scotch Patriot's Reel (The)" (a title from Ryan's/Coles).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: McGlashan (Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1786, vol. 3; p. 7.
Recorded sources: