Annotation:Captain Fletcher's Favorite

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CAPTAIN FLETCHER'S FAVORITE. Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABCAA. Composed by Nathaniel Gow (1766-1831), perhaps another of his compositions honouring Napoleonic-era naval heroes, Joseph James Abraham Isaac Fletcher.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 20. Gow (Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1809; p. 34.

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