Annotation:Miss Johnston of Hilton's Fancy

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X:1 T:Miss Johnston of Hilton's Fancy M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig C:Nathaniel Gow Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Eb B|{A}G>FE GBc|BGA Bcd|eBG BGE|DFF TF2A| GFE GBc|BGA Bcd|efg fdB|e3 d2:| |:g/a/|bge efg|fdB Bcd|efg {a}gfe|dff fga| bge efg|fdB fdB|cde Bed|{d}e3 e2g/a/| bge efg|fdB Bcd|efg fge|dff {g}fed| cee Bee|Tc>Ac BGE|DAG FED|E3 E2||



MISS JOHNSTON OF HILTON'S FANCY. Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Biography:Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831), third son of the renowned Dunkeld, Perthshire, fiddler-composer Niel Gow. The beautiful and celebrated Miss Louisa “Lucy” Johnston of Hilton (c. 1760-1797), daughter of Wayne Johnstone of Hilton, was a distinguished amateur musician and dancer, and one of six girls in a family of eleven.

Lucy Oswald (nee Johnston) of Auchenharvie
See also note for "Annotation:Mrs. Oswald of Auchincruive (1)" for more.


Additional notes



Printed sources : - Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 1788; p. 22.

Recorded sources : - Scottish Records 33 SR 135, Ron Gonnella - "Scottish Violin Music from the Gow Collections" (1973).




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