Annotation:North Country Style

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NORTH COUNTRY STYLE, THE. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed in 1934 by Aberdeen fiddler and composer J. Murdoch Henderson (1902-1972), who has been called one of the greatest exponents of the Scottish fiddle in the 20th century. Henderson dedicated the tune to John Pirie, a violinist from Fraserburgh, Scotland.

Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford].

Printed sources: Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 123, p. 50. Henderson (Flowers of Scottish Melody), 1935.

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