Annotation:Sir Charles Douglas's Strathspey

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X:1 T:Sir Charles Douglass C:Niel Gow M:C| L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:Niel & Nathaniel Gow - A Fourth Collection of Strathspey Reels & c. (1800) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D B2|:SA3DF3D A2D2D2B2|A2D2F2D2 (FGA2)Td4|AD3TF3D AD3A3F|GB3FA3 EEE2TB2:| A2d2-d3f {f}e3d{d}c3B|Ad3d3f e3f {ef}g2e2|Ad3-d3f e2c2d2A2|Bd3F2d2 EEE2TB2| A3d-d3f {f}e3dc3B|Ad3-d3f e3g {a}g2fe|fa3ef3 df3Bd3|Ad3Fd3 EEE2TB2S||

SIR CHARLES DOUGLAS. AKA and see “Caillich Odhar (1)," "Chailleach Odhar," "Dunn Carline (The).” Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by biography:Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831), probably, as Regency era dance and music researcher Garth Notley suggests^[1], not in honor of naval hero Wikipedia:Sir_Charles_Douglas,_1st_Baronet of Carr (1727-1789), but rather in honor of Sir Wikipedia:Charles_Douglas,_6th_Marquess_of_Queensberry (1777-1837). Notley points to the likelihood that Gow's compositions would be directed to the potential patronage of a living person rather than a deceased admiral.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 213. Gow (Fourth Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 2nd ed., originally 1800; p. 4. Alexander Mackay (A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes…Chiefly composed by Alexander Mackay, Musician Islay), c. 1822; p. 15. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. III), c. 1808; p. 48.

Recorded sources : - Jerry O’Sullivan – “O’Sullivan meets O’Farrell” (2005).

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↑ See Garth Notley's article on "Sir Charles Douglas" at Regency Dances [1].

[1] See Garth Notley's article on "Sir Charles Douglas" at Regency Dances [1].

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