Annotation:Kinrara (4) (Strathspey)
X:1 T:Kinrara [4] a Strathspey by Mr. Marshall M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:Petrie - Third Collection of Strathspey, Reels & Country Dances (1802) K:Bb DC|B,B3B3c BG3F3D|B,B3d3B c2C2C2DC|B,B3f3d (gfga) b3g|f3dce3 d2B2B2:| de|f3dBd3 F2B2 GFED|E3F GFED E2C2 C2de|f3dB3d (gfga) b2d2|e3de2f2 g4 (g2ab)| f3g/g/2 b2B2 g2B2f2B2|e2c2 edcB A2c2c2d2|B2F2G2B2 F2B2 GFED|E2g2f2e2 d2B2B2||
KINRARA [4]. AKA and see "Countess of Dalkeith," "Highland Time." Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). The strathspey was composed by biography:William Marshall (1748-1833) on short notice, at the request of Jane (Nee Maxwell), Duchess of Gordon, wife of his patron and employer, Alexander, the fourth Duke of Gordon. Moyra Cowie (1999) writes that Jane had become estranged from Alexander because of his liason with Jean Christie, the daughter of the housekeeper at Gordon Castle, and since she would not abide long in the same house, she had Kinrara built on the banks of the Spey in Badenoch, below the hill of Tor Alvie. The tune was first published in 1800 by Pietro Urbani and Liston (Edinburgh), alongside a piece by the Duke (who was an amateur fiddler) called "Brodie House." It was republished by the Gows in their Fourth Collection (1800) under the title "Countess of Dalkeith," without crediting Marshall. Jane Gordon died in 1812 and is buried on the Kinrara estate, overlooking a broad curve in the Spey.
