Annotation:Lord Duncan
X:1 % T:Lord Duncan—or the Glorious 11th of October 1797 M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey B:Gow & Shepherd - Collection of entirely original strathspey, reels, marches, quicksteps etc. (1797, p. 5) Q:"Andantecon Espressione" Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A c>B|A2 E>A c>ec>A|f>g b/a/g/f/ Te2 d>c|d2 de/f/ e<cTB>A| B2B2B2 Tc>B|A2 E>A c>ec>A|f>g b/a/g/f/ e2 dc| d2 de/f/ e<cTB>{AB}c|A2A2A2:|c>d|e2 c>d eaTg>f| e>dc>d {d}e2 c>d|e2 c>d eaTg>f|eB^df !fermata!e2 c=d| e2 c>d eaTg>f|e>dcd {d}e2 c>d|e2 c>d eagb| aef^d !fermata!e2 ef/g/|aA fA eA cE|CEAc d>cTB>A| G>AB>c ~B2 ef/g/|aA fA eA cE|CEAc d>cTB>c|A2A2A2||
LORD DUNCAN. AKA - "Glorious 11th of October 1797." The stathspey was published by the Edinburgh music publishing firm of Nathaniel Gow and William Shepherd in a volume entitled A Collection of Entirely Original Strathspey Reels, Marches, Quick Steps &c. (1797, p. 5), "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.
The title references Viscount Duncan [1] (1731-1804) and his victory at the Battle of Camperdown [2], Oct., 11, 1797. See note for "annotation:Lord Duncan's Flag" for more.