Annotation:Mrs. Rose of Kilravock's Strathspey
X:1 T:Mrs. Rose of Kilravock's Strathspey M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey B:Gow & Shepherd - Collection of entirely original strathspey, reels, marches, quicksteps etc. (1796, p. 1) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G G>DG>A B>de>g|dg b/g/d/B/ {B}A3A|TG>DG>A B>de>g|dg c'/b/a/b/ g3g| G>DG>A B>de>g|dg b/g/d/B/ {B}A3A|TG>DG>A B>de>g|dg c'/b/a/b/ g3|| g/a/|bdgB e/d/c/B/ {B}gB|ce d/B/g/B/ {B}A2 Ag/a/|bdgB e/d/c/B/ {B}ge|dg c'/b/a/b/ g2 gg/a/| bdgB e/d/c/B/ {B}gB|ce Td/B/g/B/ {B}A3 A|G>DG>A B>de>g dg c'/b/a/b/ {a}g2g2||
MRS. ROSE OF KILRAVOCK'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune was published by the Edinburgh publishing firm of Nathaniel Gow and William Shepherd in a volume entitled A Collection of Entirely Original Strathspey Reels, Marches, Quick Steps &c., "by Ladies resident in a remote part of the Highlands of Scotland, as corrected by Nath. Gow." Unfortunately, the composers names are not given. The Leeds antiquarian Frank Kidson (1854–1926) penciled a note in his copy of the volume that the composers were, or included, “the Misses Whyte,” and modern researcher Charles Gore thinks “the Misses Whyte” may possibly be a Miss White and a Miss Brocky, of Morayshire, east Highlands.
'Mrs. Rose of Kilravock' at the time of publication (1796) was Elizabeth Rose of Kilravock 19th (1747-1815), the daughter of Hugh Rose (17th of Kilravock), sister of Hugh Rose (18th of Kilravock), who married a Hugh Rose (of Brea and Broadley, presumably a cousin), and whose son was named Hugh Rose (20th of Kilravock).