Annotation:Mrs. Farquharson (of Monaltrie's) Strathspey
X:1 T:Mrs. Farquharson (of Monaltrie’s) Strathspey M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey Q:"Slow" B:Petrie – Second Collection of Strathspey Reels &c. (1796, p. 5) N:”Humbly dedicated to Mrs. Garden of Troup by Robert N:Petrie at Kirkmichael.” F: http://ks.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/5/57/IMSLP559819-PMLP901954-rob_petrie_second_collection_118402151.23.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb A2|(Bcd2) Td3c BG3G3B|F3B edcB gc3c3d|(Bcd2) Td3c BG3G3B|F2B2 (dc)(Bc) {Bc}d2B2B2:| (de)|f3g{g}f2{e}d2 b3gf2d2|g2c2Tg3f g2c2 (c2de)|f3g (gf)(ed) {B}b3gf2d2|F3B (dc)(Bc) {Bc}d2B2 B2(de)| f3g (gf)(ed) {B}b3gf2d2|g2c2Tg3f g2c2c2d2|BcdB cdec defd efge|f3B edcB F2B2B2||
MRS. FARQUHARSON (OF MONALTRIE’S) STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Kirkmichael, Perthshire, fiddler Robert Petrie. It appears in his Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances (1795), dedicated to his patron and employer, Mrs. Garden of Troup. "Mrs. Farquharson of Monaltrie" was the dedicatee of Petrie's first collection (c. 1790), and probably refers to Margaret Garden, who, in 1791, married William Farquharson of Monaltrie, a man twenty years her senior. Margaret's father was one Peter Garden, son of Peter Garden 3rd of Troup. Margaret survived her husband by some thirty hears, and died in 1857.
