Arniston House

Find traditional instrumental music
Revision as of 20:25, 30 July 2010 by Andrew (talk | contribs)


Arniston House  Click on the tune title to see or modify Arniston House's annotations. If the link is red you can create them using the form provided.Browse Properties <br/>Special:Browse/:Arniston House
Query the Archive
Query the Archive
 Theme code Index    11H7b4 11H1H3bH
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    C
 Accidental    3 flats
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Nathaniel Gow
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Fourth Collection of Niel Gow's Reels
 Tune and/or Page number    pp. 6-7
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1800
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
 Media    
 Score   ()   


ARNISTON HOUSE. Scottish, Air (6/8 time). C Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Arniston House, Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland, is a Georgian mansion designed by architect William Adam, and built between 1726 and 1750. Adam was commissioned by the third Lord Arniston, Robert Dundas. Arniston House remains a residence of the Dundas family.

Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 320. Gow (Fourth Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 2nd ed., originally 1800; pp. 6-7.


X:1
T:Arniston House
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Slow”
B:Gow – Fourth Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels (1800)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Cmin
Ccc !trill!c2G|~B2G FDB,|Ccc ~c2G|(cd).e (ed).c|Ccc !trill!c2=A|B2G FDB,|
!trill!E3 {G}FEF|GEC C2:||a|g2c !trill!c>de|{e}dcB fdB|(gf)g c>de/f/|
(ga).f gec|{a}gfg cde|{e}dcB fed|~e>fg {g}fed|gec c2a|g2c cde|{e}dcB fdB|
(gf).g c>de/f/|(ga).f gec|(gc').g (eg).e|(fb).f def|!trill!E>FG !trill!D>EF|GEC C2||


© 1996-2010 Andrew Kuntz. All Rights Reserved.
Engraver Valerio M. Pelliccioni