Bridge of Perth (1) (The)

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Theme code Index	1535 351H3
Also known as
Composer/Core Source	Daniel Dow
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
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History
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Alexander "King" McGlashan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Collection of Reels (A)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 27
Year of publication/Date of MS	c. 1786
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BRIDGE OF PERTH, THE. Scottish, Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Gow, McGlashan, Skye): AABB (Athole). Composed by Daniel Dow, probably to commemorate the opening of the Tay bridge at Perth, completed in 1772. The tune was first published the following year. John Glen (1891) finds the tune first printed in Dow's c. 1775 collection (p. 9).

Printed source: Gow (Complete Repository), Part 4, 1817; p. 28. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 15. McGlashan (A Collection of Reels), c. 1786; p. 27. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 23. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; p. 51.

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T:Bridge of Perth, The
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R:Reel
S:McGlashan - Reels (c. 1786, pg. 27)
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