Annotation:Lady Loudon

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LADY LOUDEN('S STRATHSPEY). AKA and see "Belles of Campbelltown," "Blind Nora O'Neill," "Blind Norry's." Scottish, Canadian; Strathspey. Canada, Cape Breton. C Major (most versions): D Major (Aird). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Athole, Cole): AAB (Gow): AABB' (Kerr, Skye). Composed by Niel Gow's eldest son William (1751-1791), who was leader of the Edinburgh Assembly Orchestra until his death. He was replaced in that position by his younger brother, Nathaniel. Variants of the tune are known in Cape Breton as "Blind Nora O'Neill," printed in Boston in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1885) as "Blind Nora." Hamish Moore notes that "Lady Louden" is also related to "Lucy Campbell (3)." See also the related Irish reel "Donegal Rambler."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4), 1796; No. 23, p. 9. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 126. Gow (The Second Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 1788; p. 3. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 80, p. 11. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 117. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 165. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 62.

Recorded sources:

See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]

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