Annotation:Mormond
X:1 T:Mormond C:William Christie (1778-1849) N:Christie was a dancing master, fiddler N:and composer from Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire. M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey Q:"Slow" B:Christie - Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Hornpipes, B:Waltzes &c. (Edinburgh, 1820, p. 9) K:A F2|E3FA3c {c}TB3AB2c2|{F}E3FA3c {c}B2ed {d}c4 {BAGF}|E3FA3c {c}TB3AB2c2| cf3 e3c {c}TB4 {AB}A2:|f2|(ec3) a3c' {c'}b2a2b2c'2|(ec3) a3c' {c'}b2ab {ab}c'4| (ec3) a3c' {c'}Tg3ab2c'2|(ae3) (fc3) {c}TB4 {AB} A3f|(ec3) a3c' {c'}Tb3ab2c'2| (ec3) a3c' {c'}b2ab {ab}c'2 zd'|{c'}c'3b {b}a3f {f}e3c {c}!fermata![G2B2]zc/|~d3e f/a/g/b/ a3c/ {c}TB4 {AB}A||
MORMOND. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Mormond" was composed byWilliam Christie (1778-1849), a dancing master, fiddler-composer and postmaster from Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire. Mormond is the name of a large hill in Strichen parish, Aberdeenshire, about ten miles northeast of Christie's home in Cuminestown, parish of Monquhitter.
Mormond House is a country house in Rathen Parish, built by John Gordon of Cairnbulg
