Annotation:Mr. Robert Bain's Strathspey
X:1 T:Mr. Robert Bain’s Strathspey C:Donald Grant M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:Donald Grant – Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. (1820-21, pp. 34-35) B:The volume was perhaps first issued c. 1790, from a penciled note in a copy. N:The collection was dedicated to Mrs. Col. Grant of Grant (“Sir James and N:Lady Grant of Grant”). S: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105813837 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Cmin G2|cG3Tc3=B c3GGc3|B3F GFED B3B,B,2G2|cG3Tc3=B c3GG3c|B3B, GFED E3CC2G2| cG3Tc3=B c3GG3c|B3F GFED B3B,B,2D2|C2ED2F E3Gc3G|B3B, GFED E2C2C2|| g2|cdef g3c e3cg3c|~B3d f3B d3BB3d|~c3eg3c e3cg3c|B3F GFED E3CC3g| cdef g3c e3cg3c|~B3df3B d3BB3d|g3ef3d e3cd3=B|c3C GFED E2C2C2||
MR. ROBERT BAIN'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). C Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Mr. Robert Bain's Strathspey" was composed by Elgin fiddler-composer biography:Donald Grant and published in his Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. (1820-21). Grant's title may refer to the Robert Bain who, along with Andrew Peary, founded the Miltonduff distillery in 1824. The distillery had previously operated illicitly on the Speyside site since the turning of the 19th century, but following the passing of the Exercise Act in 1823, Peary and Bain established the distillery as a legitimate business operation.
