Annotation:Lord Elcho's March

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LORD ELCHO'S MARCH Scottish, March (whole time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Perthshire fiddler-composer biography:Duncan McKercher, the "Dunkeld Paganini." The title honors Francis Wemyss Charteris Douglas [1], 8th Earl of Wemyss, 4th Earl of March (1772–1853), who inherited from his father, Francis Wemyss Charteris, Lord Elcho (1749–1808).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Duncan McKercher (A Collection of Original Stathspeys and Reels), Edinburgh, c. 1830; p. 17.

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