Annotation:Duncan MacQuarrie Strathspey (A)

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DUNCAN MACQUARRIE STRATHSPEY, A. AKA and see "Miss Margaret Gillis." Canadian, Strathspey. Canada, Cape Breton. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune was composed by Cape Breton fiddler Gordon F. MacQuarrie as "Miss Margaret Gillis," and published in his 1940 collection.

Source for notated version: Dan J. Campbell (Cape Breton) [Dunlay & Greenberg].

Printed sources: Dunlay & Greenberg (Traditional Celtic Violin Music from Cape Breton), 1996; p. 71.

Recorded sources: JC 123, John Campbell - "Heritage Remembered" (1978. Appears as 1st of "Two Traditional Strathspeys"). DMP6-27-2-4, Doug MacPhee - "The Reel of Tulloch" (1985).

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