Annotation:Peter Hardie's Lament for Sir R. Dick
PETER HARDIE'S LAMENT FOR SIR R. DICK. Scottish, Slow Air (6/8 time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Peter Hardie (c. 1775-1862), a cousin and luthiery the great Edinburgh violin maker Matthew Hardie (1775-1826), the "Scottish Stradivari." Peter, who was known as 'Highland Hardie' to distinguish him from his more famous cousin, was born in Perthshire and attended the University of Edinburgh, and after his studies he returned to Perthshire, first to Dunkeld, and, after a brief stay in Aberdeenshire[1], eventually found employment as a gamekeeper for the Duke of Atholl, a post held previously by John Crerar (1750-1840), who had been a student of Inver fiddler composer Niel Gow. The musical Hardie family continued with Peter's descendants Bill Hardie (b. 1913) and Bill's son Alastair (b. 1946).
Sir Robert
See also Peter Hardie's composition "Lochordy Lodge," a reel from his music manuscript collection.
Pete Clark, for one, believes it was the intention of the composer that the tune should be played in dotted rhythm throughout the tune[2].
