Annotation:Lord Dreghorn's Quickstep

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LORD DREGHORN'S QUICKSTEP. Scottish (originally), Canadian; Quickstep (6/8 time). Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB (MacDonald): AABB' (Cranford/Fitzgerald). An 18th century composition by Biography:Robert Macintosh ('Red Rob') (b. 1745). It is one of Mackintosh's more popular pieces among Cape Breton fiddlers.

Lord Dreghorn was John MacLaurin (1734-1796) born in Edinburgh. In 1756 he was admitted to the bar at Edinburgh. After a successful career as a lawyer, he was raised to the bench in 1788 when he took the title of Lord Dreghorn. MacLaurein was a literary man whose works were published in two volumes in 1798, although they have made scant lasting impression. While he had a liking for poetry, he was not recognized as having had much of a gift and his poems were largely published on his own printing press, for circulation among his friends.

Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford].

Printed sources: Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 189, p. 74. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 174.

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