Bridge of Brechin (2) (The)

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Theme code Index	5L351H 547L2
Also known as
Composer/Core Source	Joseph Lowe
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Strathspey
Key/Tonic of	F
Accidental	1 flat
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:James S. Kerr
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Merry Melodies vol. 2
Tune and/or Page number	No. 195, p. 22
Year of publication/Date of MS	c. 1880's
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BRIDGE OF BRECHIN, THE. Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. One of the better compositions of Biography:Joseph Lowe (1796–1866), a good fiddler, composer and dancing master, who taught dancing at Brechin with his brother Robert. Later Lowe taught at Inverness, before finally moving to Edinburgh. He published a collection in six volumes from 1844-1845. His success among the Highland lairds (to whose families he taught music and dancing) was enhanced by his skills as a wrestler and boxer, and by his fly-fishing acumen--they "would wager upon his head against some of their gillies (young men) on one hand, and ask for some of his nicely-dressed flies on the other" (Baptie Musical Scotland, 1894). Lowe was also the teacher of Scottish dancing and music to the Royal Family in Balmoral and Windsor.

Printed source: Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 195, p. 22.

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T:Bridge of Brechin, The
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L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Kerr - Merry Melodies, vol. 2, No. 195 (c. 1880's)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
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