Annotation:Mrs. Duff (of Fetteresso's) Strathspey (1)
X:1 T:Mrs. Duff (of Fetteresso's) Strathspey [1] C:R. Petrie S:Petrie's Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c. Z:Steve Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>, 6/5/04 N:Petrie's Second Collection, page 6 L:1/8 M:C R:Strathspey K:G B|G2 B<G d<GB<G|c<aB<g a<(AA>B) |G2 B<G d<GB<G|c<Ted>c BGG :| f|(Tg3/2f//g//) d<g B<gd<g|c<aB<g A<(aTa>f)|(Tg3/2f//g//) d>g B<gd<G|c>A d/c/B/A/ B<GG>f| (Tg3/2f//g//) d>g B<gd<g|c<aB<g A<(aTa>f)|Tg2 (b/a/g/f/) g<eTd>c|B<dA<c B<GG |]
MRS. DUFF (OF FETTERESSO’S) STRATHSPEY [1]. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Kirkmichael, Perthshire, fiddler and composer biography:Robert Petrie (1767-1830). It appears in his Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances (1796), a volume dedicated to his patroness and employer, Mrs. Garden of Troup. Mrs. Duff was Mary Morrison (c. 1768-1833), the wife of Robert William Duff (1767-1834), 2nd of Fetteresso, whom she married in 1789. She was the grand-daughter of General Abercrombie of Glassaugh, M.P. Henry Raeburn painted her portrait [1] in 1799. They lived at Fetteresso Castle, a gothic style Palladian manor built in 1761 around a 14th century towerhouse, and is located in Kincardineshire near the town of Stonehaven.
