Annotation:Gossip Joan (2)
X:1 T:Gossip Joan [2] T:Brisk Robin Sure in Hairst N:”Very Old” M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air B:Alexander Mackay – A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes… B:Chiefly composed by Alexander Mackay, Musician Islay (c. 1822, p. 7) B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104487947 N:Dedicated to the Right Hon. Lady Elinor Campbell of Islay and Shawfield. N:Mackay was born c. 1775 and was a fiddler-composer from Islay. Many of his N:tune titles are reflect Islay settings. N:Printed in Glasgow by J. MacFadyen, 30 Wilson St. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d>BA>F {F}E2 |E>ee>B cA|d>BA>F {F}E2|D>dd>F E>D:| |:d>fc>e B2|B>ee>B cA|d>fc>e B2|D>dd>F E>D:|]
GOSSIP JOAN [2]. AKA - "Brisk Robin Sure in Hairst." Scottish, Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The air appears as "Gossip Joan" in Islay fiddler-composer biography:Alexander Mackay's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Airs, printed for him in Glasgow in the early 19th century. Dates of the publication vary: Gore gives is as c. 1802, Glen as c. 1822, and J. Murdoch Henderson found a watermark in the volume he studied dated c. 1832. The volume was dedicated to Lady Elinor Campbell of Island and Shawfield.
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