Annotation:Mr. William Kilman's Strathspey
X:1 T:Mr. William Kilman'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. 25) 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:A z|AEEF Aaaf|eccA TB>ABc|AEEF Aaaf|ecBc A/A/A A:| e|Tfece aece|dfec B2 Be|Tfece aece|dfec A/A/A Ae| Tfece aece|df/d/ ca/c/ B2 Bc|AEEF Aaaf|ecBc A/A/A A||
MR. WILLIAM KILMAN'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Mr. William Kilman'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.
William Kilman, of Aberdeen Parish, is listed in 1786 as having one servant, Elspet Collie[1].
- ↑ Female Servant Tax Rolls, vol. 1, 1785-86.