Annotation:Lament for the Death of Hugh Allan
X:1 T:Lament for the Death of Hugh Allan C:William Christie (1778-1849) N:Christie was a dancing master, fiddler N:and composer from Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire. M:C L:1/8 R:Air Q:”Lento” B:Christie - Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Hornpipes, B:Waltzes &c. (Edinburgh, 1820, p. 34) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin ~A>B|(c>A) T(B>A/2B/4) {B}A2 (E>D)|C2 (DG/F/) {F}E2 (A>B)|c2Td2 {cd}e3d|c2 TB2 {AB}A2:| ~(c>d)|e2 fd e3d|(dc)(BA) {A}^G2 ~(A>B)|~(c>d) (e/g/f/e/) {e}!fermata!d2 {cd}e>d|c2 {A}TB2 {AB}A2 ~c>d| e2 fd e3d|{e}(dc) {c}(BA) TA2 {^GA}G A/>B/|c>AB>^G AFE z/D/|C-c3 TB2 {AB}A2||
LAMENT FOR THE DEATH OF HUGH ALLAN. Scottish, Slow Air (whole time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Lament for the Death of Hugh Allan" was composed by Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire, fiddler-composer, dancing master and postmaster biography:William Christie (1778-1849). Sir Hugh Allan(1810–1882) was a Scottish-Canadian shipping magnate, financier and capitalist. By the time of his death, the Allan Shipping Line had become the largest privately owned shipping empire in the world. He was responsible for transporting millions of British immigrants to Canada and the businesses he established from Montreal filtered across every sphere of Canadian life, cementing his reputation as an Empire Builder. His home, Ravenscrag was the principal residence of the Golden Square Mile.
