Belhelvie House

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Theme code Index	11H1H3H 2H747
Also known as	Miss Watson's Reel, North Bridge of Edinburgh (The)
Composer/Core Source	William Marshall
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Strathspey
Key/Tonic of	C
Accidental	3 flats
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	William Marshall
Book/Manuscript title	Book:1781 Collection
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Year of publication/Date of MS	1781
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BELHELVIE HOUSE. AKA and see "Miss Watson's Reel," "North Bridge of Edinburgh (The)" (Gow). Scottish, Strathspey. C Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833), appearing in his First Collection, 1781 (Marshall also published the tune in another key, naming it "Miss Watson's Reel"). The Gows' appropriated the tune and renamed it "North Bridge of Edinburgh (The)," by which title it was published in Repository, Part First, 1799. Belhelvie is a manor house located near the town of Newburgh in Aberdeenshire, built in 1783 for Harry Lumsden, an advocate and tax collector in Aberdeen. See also the Irish derivaitive of Marshall's tune, "Musical Priest (The)."

Printed source: Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, p. 28.

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