Bishop (2) (The)

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 Theme code Index    1542 7bL427bL
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Strathspey
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    NONE
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Angus Cumming
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Collection of Strathspeys or old Highland Reels (A)
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 11
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1780
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
 Media    
 Score   ()   


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BISHOP [2], THE. Scottish, Strathspey. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune first appears in print in Angus Cumming's Collection of Strathspeys or Old Highland Reels (1780, p. 11).

Printed sources: Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music), 1983; Ex. 52, p. 78. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; p. 24. S. Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; p. 44.

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