Annotation:Mr. Dugald Campbell Ardmore's Favorite
X:1 T:Mr. Dugald Campbell Ardmore’s Favorite C:Alexander Mackay M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Alexander Mackay – A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes… B:Chiefly composed by Alexander Mackay, Musician Islay (c. 1822, p. 6) 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:Amin cA c/d/e dGdB|cA A/A/A cdef|(ga)ge dGBe|cAB^G A/A/A e2:| |:(cd)eg dGdB|(cd)ef gfef|gage dGBe|cAB^G A/A/A e2:|]
MR. DUGALD CAMPBELL ARDMORE'S FAVORITE. Scottish, Reel (cut time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Mr. Dugald Campbell Ardmore's Favorite" was composed by Islay fiddler-composer biography:Alexander Mackay for a young Dugald Campbell (1811-1888), who would have been but a boy at the time. Mackay composed tunes for everyone in the large family of Archibald and Helen Campbell of Ardmore (see note for "Archibald Campbell. Dugald grew up to be Reverend Campbell.
