Annotation:Mrs. Monro Binning’s Favorite
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MRS. MONRO BINNING'S FAVORITE. Scottish, Slow Jig (6/8 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in the second collection of Edinburgh musician and music publisher biography:William Shepherd, who became a publishing partner of Nathaniel Gow in the 1790's, until his death in 1812. The person of the title was probably Sophia Home of Argaty, 1st cousin to David Monro (1775-1842) of Softlaw, Perthshire, whom she married in 1803. Monro by deed of entail assumed the surname and arms of Binning. The couple had two children, but Sophia died when they were still toddlers, in 1806. Monro later remarried Isabella Blair, with whom he had two more children. David had the renowned artist Henry Raeburn paint the portraits of his young children, around the year 1811.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Shepherd (A Second Collection of Strathspey Reels), c. 1800; p.
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