Annotation:Miss Brander of Springfield
X:1 T:Miss Brander of Springfield C:James Taylor M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:James Taylor – A Collection of Strathspeys & Reels, together with a Set of Scots Quadrilles (Elgin, c. 1835, p. 8) N:”Most respectfully dedicated to Lady Dunbar of Northfield.” Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D B2|A3DF2A2 D3AF2A2|D3A BAGF F3EE2B2|A3DF2A2 B,3DA,3D|F3AE3A FD3D2:| (AB)|d3DF3A B,3DA,2D2|A,3D GFED F2E2E2 (AB)|d3DF3A B,3DA,3D|F3AE3A FD3D2 (AB)| d3DF2A2 B,3DA,3D|A,2D2 GFED FE3E2D2|D3A,B,2A,2 B,3D G3B|A3d BAGF AD3D2||
MISS BRANDER OF SPRINGFIELD. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Miss Brander of Springfield" was composed by James Taylor, a fiddler, composer and teacher of music in Elgin. Miss Brander was probably one of the daughters of Alexander Brander of Springfield[1], a banker and one of the principal proprietors in the parish of Elgin ("An honest man" according to his grave monument) and his wife Margaret Paterson. The daughters died fairly young: Mary died in 1841 at age 29, and Joanna died in 1858 at age 37.
- ↑ See Donald Grant's "Mr. Brander of Springfield's Strathspey".