Annotation:Dunira Lodge
X:1 T:Dunnira Lodge C:Miss Magdelina Stirling M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:John Bowie – “Collection of strathspey reels & country dances &c.” B:(Edinburgh, c. 1789, p. 17) F: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104982604 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D V:1 D2|FA3 A3B A3F d3B|A3FTE3D B,E3E2G2|DFA2 A3B A3F d3B|AF3TE3D A,2D2D2:| d2|A3df3d A3d f2df|a3bTa3f fe3e3f|A3df3d A3d f2df|agab a3g fd3d3f| A3df3d A3d f2df|a3ba3f fe3 e3a/g/|fa3e3f d3Bd3B|A3FE3D A,2D2D2|| V:2 clef = bass z2|D,4F,2G,2 F,2D,2 F,2G,2|F,2D,2 C,2D,2 G,2E,2 A,2z2|z2D,2F,2G,2 F,2D,2 F,2G,2|F,2D,2A,2A,,2 D,2D,2D,2:| z2|F,4D,4F,4D,4|F,2G,2F,2D,2 A,2A,,2A,,2z2|F,4D,4F,4D,4|F,E,F,G, A,2A,,2 D,4D,2z2| F,4D,4F,4D,4|F,2E,2F,2G,2 A,2A,,2 A,,2C,2|D,4A,4B,4G,4|F,2D,2A,2A,,2 D,4-D,2||
DUNIRA LODGE. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by "Miss M. Stirling" (Gow). Magdalene Stirling (1765–1846) was the youngest daughter of Sir William Stirling, 4th Baronet of Ardoch, and his wife Christian Erskine. A keyboard player, her compositions were frequently published long before she issued her own small collection in 1812. The were sometimes unattributed, and sometimes credited to "biography:Miss Stirling of Ardoch." She died unmarried.