Annotation:Mrs. James Duff
X:1 T:Mrs. James Duff C:Isaac Cooper N:Cooper (c. 1755-1820) was fiddler, composer and dancing-master in Banff N:Perhas Mrs. James Duff of Delgaty, Aberdeenshire M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey S:Glen Collection, vol. 2 (1895) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A A,>CE>A c>de>c|d/f/B c>A B/B/B B2|A,>CE>A c>d e/f/g/a/|e<c e>B [C2A2] [C2A2]:| e>ae>c d>fc>A|B/f/d c>A B/B/B B2|e>ae>c d>fc>A|E>GB>G A/A/A A2| e>ae>c d>fc>A|d/fd c>A B>eg>b|(3agf (3edc (3fed (3cBA|E>GB>G A/A/A [C2A2]||
MRS. JAMES DUFF. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The melody was composed by Issac Cooper of Banff (b. 1755-d. 1810 or 1811, although sometimes the year is given as 1820), a music teacher and dancing master. It appears in his Collection of Strathspeys, Reels and Irish Jigs for the Piano-Forte & Violin to which are added Scots, Irish & Welch Airs Composed and Selected by I. Cooper at Banff (London, Edinburgh, c. 1806), one of his two collections (along with Thirty New Strathspey Reels for the Violin).
