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T:Lady Charlotte Campbell's Strathspey [1]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
C:Nathaniel Gow
B:Gow - 3rd Collection of Niel Gow's Reels, 3rd ed., p.19 (orig. 1792)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
c|{B/c/}d>cBG AcTB>c|{B/c/}d>cBG EAFD|{B/c/}d>cBG Ac Bc/d/|ecAF TG2G:||
d|g/f/g/a/ gd Bgdg|{a}gf/e/ Tf>g aAAf|(g/f/g/a/) gd BgdB|e>cAF {F}G2 G,d|
g/f/g/a/ gd Bgdg|{a}gf/e/ Tf>g aAAf|gdbf gdec|BdDF G/F/G/A/ B/A/B/c/||
LADY CHARLOTTE CAMPBELL'S STRATHSPEY [1]. Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Balmoral, Glen, Gow, Hunter, Lowe): AABB' (Athole, Kerr). One of the 197 compositions claimed by biography:Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831), and one that "shows Nathaniel at his best" (Emmerson, 1971). Collector John Glen (1895) agrees, listing it among those of Gow's "exceedingly good melodies." See note for "Annotation:Lady Charlotte Campbell's Reel (2)" for more on person of title.
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford].
Printed sources : - Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4), 1796, No. 154, p. 58. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 87. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 166, p. 66. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music, vol. 2), 1891; p. 16. Gow (3rd Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 1792; p. 19 (3rd ed.). Henderson (Flowers of Scottish Melody), 1935. Hunter (The Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 79. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2), c. 1880's; No. 106, p. 14. J. Kenyon Lees (Balmoral Reel Book), c. 1910; p. 5. Joseph Lowe (Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, book 1), 1844–1845; p. 11. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 173. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pp. 30-31.
Recorded sources : - Philo FI 2018, "Jean Carignan Plays the Music of Coleman, Morrison & Skinner." "The Caledonian Companion" (1975). Rounder 7059, Alex Francis MacKay with Gordon MacLean - "Gaelic in the Bow" (2005).
See also listing at :
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]
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