Annotation:James Robertson Esqr.'s Strathspey

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JAMES ROBERTSON, ESQR.'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by Perthshire fiddler-composer biography:Duncan McKercher, the "Dunkeld Paganini." While 'James Robertson' is certainly a common name in Scotland, McKercher named his tunes almost exclusively for members of interrelated north Perthshire Highland landed families, such as the Irvines, Menzies, Stewarts and Butters. The title thus may reference James Robertson (c. 1750-1823) of Kindrochet, a Perthshire estate. The Robertson and Irvine families tended to intermarry in the 19th century.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Duncan McKercher (A Collection of Original Stathspeys and Reels), Edinburgh, c. 1830; p. 7.

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