Annotation:Mrs. Duff (of Fetteresso’s) Strathspey (2)
X:1 T:Mrs. Duff (of Fetteresso’s) Strathspey [2] M:C| L:1/8 R:Strathspey B: John Morison - A Collection of New Strathspey Reels, with a few favourite Marches (Edinburgh, c. 1797, No. 13) N:Organist and fiddler Morison (1772-1848) was from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, the easternmost point in Scotland, on the North Sea. Alburger notes that failing fortunes forced him to diversify: he also organized balls and ran a ship's chandlery. F: https://web-cdn.org/s/153/file/Free-Downloads/John-Morison/Morison_J.pdf K:Emin e|BEEF BABd|FEDd FDAF|BEEF BABd|FAdF E2 Ee| BEEF BABd|FEDd FDAF|GEFD EFAd|FAdF E2 Ef|| gfeb gebg|efga b/a/g/f/ df|gfeb gebe|defd e2 ef| gfeb gebg|efga b/a/g/f/ df|afge fde^c|dBAF E2E||
MRS. DUFF (OF FETTERESSO'S) STRATHSPEY [2]. Scottish, Strathspey (cut time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Mrs. Duff (of Fetteresso's) Strathspey [2]" was composed by John Morison (1772-1848), a fiddler and, for a time, organist at St. Peter's Chapel, Peterhead. Morison was from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, the easternmost point of Scotland and a port town on the North Sea. He had a small fiddle band for playing dances, but he supported himself, as many musicians did, with diversification. Alburger notes he also organized balls and ran a ship's chandlery; he also tuned pianos and organs and copied out music, but eventually he went bankrupt (at least once). Morison published two collections; the first around 1797 and the second in 1815. See note for annotation:Mrs. Duff (of Fetteresso's) Strathspey (1)" for information about the title.
