Annotation:Dysart House Strathspey
X:1 T:Dysart House Strathspey C: James Walker (1771-1840), Dysart M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:James Walker - Collection of new Scots reels, strathspeys, jigs, &c. (c. 1795, p. 7) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb A2|BF3B3c (Bcd2) (c2B2)|cG3c3d (cde2) (dc)|BF3 b3g f3dc2d2|B2G2F2E2 D2B,2B,2:| d2|f3gf3d B3cdB3|g3ag3e c2de2c2|f3gfd3 B3cd3c|B3GF3E D2B,2B,2d2| f3gf3d B3cdB3|g3ag3e c2de2c2|f2gf d2fd (BABc) d2c2|B3GF3E D2B,2B,2||
DYSART HOUSE STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Dysart House" was composed by fiddler-composer, musician, and music teacher biography:James Walker (1771-1840) of Dysart, Fife, Scotland. Dysart House, which overlooks the harbor, was built in 1755-56 for General James St. Clair, soldier and Member of Parliament, probably to a design by the Adam brothers (who also supplied the chimney pieces). It later passed to the Earl of Rossyln. The Erskine St. Clair family were the dedicatee's of both of Walker's collections, and his primary patrons.
