Colonel Garden's Birthday

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Theme code Index	1343 436L7L
Also known as	Col. Garden's Birth day
Composer/Core Source	Robert Petrie
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Strathspey
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Robert Petrie
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c.
Tune and/or Page number	p. 15
Year of publication/Date of MS	1796
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COLONEL GARDEN'S BIRTHDAY. Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Kirkmichael, Perthshire, teacher, fiddler and composer Robert Petrie (1767-1830). He included it in his Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances (1796, p. 15), one of several tunes named in honor of the Garden family. The whole volume is dedicated to Petrie's patron and employer, Mrs. Garden of Troup.

X:1
T:Col. Garden's Birth day
C:R. Petrie
S:Petrie's Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c.
Z:Steve Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>, 6/11/04
N:Petrie's Second Collection, page 15
L:1/8
M:C
R:Strathspey
K:G
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