Annotation:Lord Elcho's March

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LORD ELCHO'S MARCH Scottish, March (whole time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Perthshire fiddler-composer biography:Duncan McKercher, the "Dunkeld Paganini." The title honors Francis Wemyss Charteris Douglas, 8th Earl of Wemyss, 4th Earl of March (1772–1853), who inherited from his father, Francis Wemyss Charteris, Lord Elcho (1749–1808).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Duncan McKercher (A Collection of Original Stathspeys and Reels), Edinburgh, c. 1830; p. 17.

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