Colonel Garden's Birthday

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 Theme code Index    1343 436L7L
 Also known as    Col. Garden's Birth day
 Composer/Core Source    Robert Petrie
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Strathspey
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
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 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Robert Petrie
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Petrie: Second Collection of Strathspey Reels &c.
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 15
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1796
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COLONEL GARDEN'S BIRTHDAY. Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Kirkmichael, Perthshire, teacher, fiddler and composer Robert Petrie (1767-1830). He included it in his Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances (1796, p. 15), one of several tunes named in honor of the Garden family. The whole volume is dedicated to Petrie's patron and employer, Mrs. Garden of Troup.


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T:Col. Garden's Birth day
C:R. Petrie
S:Petrie's Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c.
Z:Steve Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>, 6/11/04
N:Petrie's Second Collection, page 15
L:1/8
M:C
R:Strathspey
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