Annotation:Mr. Alexander Troup

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MR. ALEXANDER TROUP. Scottish, Strathspey. F Sharp Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler-composer biography:Alexander Walker in honor of Alexander Troup of Dalbagie. Dalbàgie (Glengairn), parish of Glenmuick, is derived from Scots Gaelic Dail bhàite or "drowned field" or "flooded haugh", denoting a field that is wet and swampy. Alexander Troup of Crathie and Ballater was born at Dalbadgie, in the vicinity of Ballater, in September, 1835. He was locally renowned as a violinist and muiscographer and was often called upon as a judge at pipe and violin competitions. He had a wide and accurate knowledge of the works of Scottish violin composers, and possessed a valuable collection of works on Scottish music and musicians. A contemporary account [c.f. Mackintosh, History of the Valley of the Dee, 1895, p. 146]] said "he is esteemed as one of the highest living authorities upon all points relating to Scottish music. He has played on various occasions at Balmoral. He is also a good vocal musician. In his twenty-first year, he led the psalmody in the church of Crathie before Her Majesty the Queen. He is a man of rare gifts and energy. His elder brother, James, who went to Australia, is also a fine violin player. He also performed before her with Willie Blair, 'The Queen's Fiddler'. See also Troup's compositions "Cluny Castle" and "Patrick Glennie's" and J. Scott Skinner's "Sandy Troup."

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Printed sources: Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.), 1866; No. 159, p. 54.

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