Annotation:Mrs. Muir of Caldwall’s Strathspey
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MRS. MUIR OF CALDWELL. AKA - "Mrs. Mure of Caldwell." Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Gow): AABB' (Athole). Caldwell is a mansion and old estate with the remains of a castle nearby that was in the Muir (sometimes More, Mure, etc.) family for over 500 years (until 1909). It was rebuilt in the 18th century by famed architect Robert Adam.
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Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4), 1796; No. 182, p. 68. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 189. Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1792; p. 7 (3rd ed.). Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 119.
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