Countess of Percy

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Theme code Index	51H3H2H 3H2H62H
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Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:John Glen
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music vol. 1 (The)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 5
Year of publication/Date of MS	1891
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COUNTESS OF PERCY. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune in Ayr musician John Riddell's (1718-1793) 1782 collection (p. 25). It is entitled: “A Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances and Minuets with two particular slow tunes, with a bass for the Violin, Violincello, or Harpsichord. Composed by John Riddle at Ayr, and Sold by Himself there; likewise by Mr. Robert Bremner in Edinburgh also at his Shope at the Harp and Hautboy, opposite Sumerset House in the Strand, London. Price 5s. Enter’d Stationers Hall. Wm. Edward, Scult. Dun Cameron Prints it Edinburgh.” The name is spelled "Riddell" in the second edition of his collection, which was published by James Aird, Glasgow, in 1782.

Printed source: Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; p. 5.

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