Annotation:Bridge of Perth (1) (The)

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BRIDGE OF PERTH, THE. Scottish, Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Ross, Surenne): AAB (Gow, McGlashan, Skye): AABB (Athole). Composed by biography:Daniel Dow, probably to commemorate the opening of the Tay bridge at Perth, completed in 1772. The tune was first published the following year. John Glen (1891) finds the tune first printed in Dow's c. 1775 collection (p. 9).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Gow (Complete Repository, Part 4), 1817; p. 28. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 15. McGlashan (A Collection of Reels), c. 1786; p. 27. William Ross (Ross's Collection of Pipe Music), 1869; No. 195, p. 124. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 23. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; p. 51.

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