Annotation:Balthaynoch House
X:1 T:Balthaynoch House M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:”Printed and Sold by Stewart & Co. Music Sellers South Bridge Street” (c. 1793-1802, p. 1) N:Untitled, unattributed collection of 12 airs. However the Catalog of the Wighton Collection N:gives that it was printed for Alexander Campbell, editor of Albyn's Anthology B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/118867800 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A3FA3d B3AB3d|e3dg3f eee2 e4|A3FA3d B3ABd3|e3dB3A Ad3 d4:| g3a {ga}b4 a3fdf3|e3dg3f eee2 e4|g3a {ga}b4 a3fdf3|e3df3e ddd2 d4| g3a {ga}b4 a3fdf3|e3dg3f eee2 e4|A3fA3d B3AB3d|e3dB3A Ad3 d4||
BALTHAYNOCH HOUSE. Scottiish, Strathspey (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Balthaynoch House" is the first tune in a small four-page collection by an unknown composer or editor, that is simply entitled: "Edinr. Printed & Sold by Stewart & Co. Music Sellers South Bridge Street." Balthayock (note spelling) House is an estate in Perth and Kinross, to the east of the city of Perthnear the River Tay in Glencarse. The estate dates partly from 1578, partly from two centuries earlier[1], but the Victorian-era (1870) mansion of Batlhayock was designed by James Maclaren, the Dundee architect. The manor was abandoned for many years and demolished around 2000. Balthayock Castle, close by, is the ruin of an oblong tower, supposed to have belonged to the Knights Templars.
- ↑ According to Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland, 1882-4.
