Annotation:Duchess of Gordon (3) (The)
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DUCHESS OF GORDON [3], THE. Scottish, Strathspey. E Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Gow, Stewart-Robertson). Composed by Donald (or Daniel) Dow (1732-1783). The tune is a close variant of "Duchess of Gordon (2)," differing somewhat in the second strain.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 393. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 3, 1806; p. 19. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 275. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pp. 60-61.
Recorded sources: Carl MacKenzie - "Tradition."
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