Bridge of Alford (The)

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Composer/Core Source	Alexander Walker
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Strathspey
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	2 flats
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Alexander Walker
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Collection of Strathspeys Reels Marches, Book:&c. (A)
Tune and/or Page number	No. 195, p. 67
Year of publication/Date of MS	1866
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BRIDGE OF ALFORD [2], THE. Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Alexander Walker, born in Rhynie, Strathbogie, in 1819. He worked as a gardener for Sir Charles Forbes of Castle Newe, who became his patron. At about age 50, in 1870, Walker followed family and emigrated to the United States where he settled in Northampton, Massachusetts. He established a prosperous farm there and continued to compose (although unfortunately his American output appears to be lost). The title refers to a bridge over the River Don, constructed at Alford by the great engineer Thomas Telford, in 1812-1814 (one of 120 bridges in Britain constructed by him).

Printed source: Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.), 1966; No. 195, p. 67.

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