Annotation:Earl of Fife (1) (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
EARL OF FIFE, THE. Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). The Earl of Fife in Marshall's day was the 4th Earl, Lord Duff of Duff House by the Deveron River in Banff. The Earl founded Dufftown in 1817. Not "The Earl of Fife's Strathspey" in his 1822 Collection.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1845 Collection, p. 16.
Recorded sources: