Annotation:Finlay McIntyre's Strathspey
FINLAY McINTYRE'S STRATHSPEY. Canadian, Strathspey (whole time). Canada, Nova Scotia. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Finlay McIntyre's Strathspey" was composed by dairy farmer, miller, sometime printer and bookbinder and fiddler James Barry (1812-1905) of Six Mile Brook, Pictou County, northern Nova Scotia. McIntyre was born in 1807 in Perthshire, Scotland, from whence Barry's parents hailed from, immigrating to Canada around 1830, settling first in Halifax where he taught violin and dance in a studio called McIntyre Hall. Later, McIntyre had moved to Truro and become a farmer, and it is when he resided in Truro that he made Barry's acquaintance at the latter's mill. McIntuyre proved a primary musical influence on Barry, and probably did much to impart violin technique and repertory, as well as to assist in Barry's musical literacy.
See also Barry's "Lament for Finlay MacIntyre."
