Annotation:Reel écossais (La)

REEL ÉCOSSAIS, LA (The Scottish Reel). AKA - "Danse écossaise." AKA and see "Miss Drummond of Perth." French-Canadian, Scottish; Strathspey. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BCC'BCC'. This is Montreal fiddler Jospeh Allard's (1873-1947) version of the Scottish strathspey "Miss Drummond of Perth," played quickly, almost at reel speed. Allard recorded the piece again in 1946 as ""Danse écossaise."

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Jean Duval (La Musique de Joseph Allard 1873-1947), 2018; No. 16, p. 9.

Recorded sources: - Victor 263560 (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1928).

See also listing at:
Hear Allard's 1928 recording at the Virtual Gramophone [1]

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