Annotation:Mr. Oliphant of Condie's
X:1 T:Mr. Oliphant of Condie’s M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:John Bowie – “Collection of strathspey reels & country dances &c.” B:(Edinburgh, c. 1789, p. 17) F: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104982604 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G V:1 dc|B2G2G3d|BcdB G2B2|EA3TA3G F2D2D2dc|B2G2G3d BcdB G3g|eg3d3c B2G2 G2:| d2|g3abg3 ae3g3d|eg3 d2cB a2A2A3d|g3ab2g2 ae3gd3|eg3d3c B2G2 G3d| g3abg3 ae3gd3|eg3 d2cB a2A2A2(ga)|bg3ae3 g2d2 e2dc|Bg3d3c B2G2 G2|| V:2 clef = bass z2|G,4B,4G,4B,2G,2|C4 C,2E,2 D,6F,2|E,4B,4G,4 B,2G,2|C2B,2 A,2D,2 G,6:| z2|z2D,2G,2B,2 C2C,2B,,2G,,2|C,2E,2 B,,2G,,2 D,2D,2 D,4|z2D,2G,2B,2 C2C2B,2G,2|C2B,2 A,2D,2 G,2G,,2G,,2z2| z2D,2G,2B,2 C2C,2 B,,2G,,2|C,2E,2 B,,2G,,2 D,2D,2 B,2C2|D2B,2C4 B,2B,2 C2B,A,|G,2B,2D2D,2 G,2G,2G,2||
MR. OLIPHANT OF CONDIE'S. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Mr. Oliphant of Condies" was composed by Perthshire fiddler-composer biography:John Bowie, who also was a teacher and instrument tuner who later set up a shop in Perth along with his brother and held annual balls. He also composed "Mr. Oliphant of Condie's Welcome Home." At the time Bowie published his c. 1789 collection the tune title referred to Ebenezer Oliphant, 7th of Condie, who married Mary, third daughter of Sir William Stirling of Ardoch. Ebenezer was born in March, 1766, at Newton of Condie, Forgandenny, Perthshire. He was a subscriber to Bowie's c. 1789 volume. Bowie also composed a tunes in the collection for his sisters-in-law, Charlotte and Magdalene Stirling[1], and for the members of the extended Oliphant clan (see "Green Shades of Gask (The)", for one). He died on February 22, 1807[2].
- ↑ Magdalene was a composer herself, and Bowie included one of her tunes in his collection, "Honorable Charles Bruce (The).
- ↑ There was an Edinburgh goldsmith named Ebenezer Condie, a somewhat younger relation.
