CURRIE'S RAMBLES. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. In the Harp and Claymore (1904), Skinner notes the tune is attributed to James Young (c. 1815-1851) of Montrose, who led the band of the Theatre Royal, Aberdeen, for many years (see also his famous melodies "Bridge/Brig o' Dee (1) (The)" and "Dunnottar Castle"). Young's successor at the Theatre Royal was biography:Peter Milne (1824-1908), "The Tarland Minstrel," who in turn was a mentor and sometime playing partner of biography:J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927).
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Source for notated version: -
Printed sources : - Milne (Middleton’s Selection of Strathspeys, Reels &c. for the Violin), 1870; p. 16. Skinner (The Scottish Violinist), 1900; p. 12. Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; p. 81.
