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T:Lady Abercromby's Strathspey
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B: John Morison - A Collection of New Strathspey Reels, with a few favourite Marches (Edinburgh, c. 1797, No. 43)
N:Organist and fiddler Morison (1772-1848) was from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, the easternmost point in Scotland, on the North Sea. Alburger notes that failing fortunes forced him to diversify: he also organized balls and ran a ship's chandlery.
F:https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Collection_of_New_Strathspey_Reels_wit/Vo-EymUbJkYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22john+morison%22+%22new+strathspey+reels%22%C2%A0&pg=PP1&printsec=frontcover
K:Bb
A|FG FD {A}G/F/G/A/ BG|F/=E/F/G/ B/G/F/D/ [B,D][A,C] [A,C]G|FG FD G/F/G/A/ BG|B/c/d/e/ f/e/d/c/ dB BF|
FG FD G/F/G/A/ BG|FA B/G/F/D/ [B,D][A,C] [A,C]B|FG FD {A}G/F/G/A/ BG|F/G/A/c/ B/G/F/E/ DB, B,f||
df Bf g/f/d/f/ Bf|B/c/d/e/ f/g/a/b/ dc cd/e/|df Bf g/f/d/f/ !fermata!bg|f/e/d/c/ B/c/d/e/ dB Bf|
df Bf g/f/d/f/ Bf|B/c/d/e/ f/g/a/b/ dc cd/e/|{Bc}dc BF G/F/G/A/ !fermata!BG|F/G/A/c/ B/G/F/E/ DB,B,||
LADY ABERCROMBY'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Lady Abercromby's Strathspey" was composed by John Morison (1772-1848), a fiddler and, for a time, organist at St. Peter's Chapel, Peterhead. Morison was from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, the easternmost point of Scotland and a port town on the North Sea. He had a small fiddle band for playing dances, but he supported himself, as many musicians did, with diversification. Alburger notes he also organized balls and ran a ship's chandlery; he also tuned pianos and organs and copied out music, but eventually he went bankrupt (at least once). Morison published two collections; the first around 1797 and the second in 1815.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - John Morison (A Collection of New Strathspey Reels, with a few favourite Marches), Edinburgh, c. 1797; No. 43.
