Annotation:Lady Grace Douglas's Reel

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LADY GRACE DOUGLAS('S REEL). AKA and see "Mr. Gray of Carse," "Mrs. Gray of Carse." Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (most versions). Composition of the melody has been credited to Perthshire fiddler-composer Niel Gow (1727-1807), as it is attributed to him in the Gow's Third Collection (Second Edition, 1807). However, it has been alleged that the tune originally was "Mrs. [Mr.] Gray of Carse," claimed by Charles Duff, who published it in 1790, and John Glen (1895), for one, is doubtful it is Gow's composition. Lady Grace Douglas (d. 1846, nee Stewart) of Cavers was the second daughter of Francis, 10th Earl of Moray and Jane Gray (eldest daughter of John 12th Lord Grey). She married Mr. George Douglas in 1789, with who she had two children.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 262. Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 1792; p. 6 (3rd ed.). MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 126. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 2, 1988; p. 7. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 286. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; p. 104.

Recorded sources:

See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index []

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