Annotation:Rossie Castle

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X:1 % T:Rossie Castle M:C L:1/8 R:Reel C:Colin Thomson B:Logan & Co. - Logan's Collection of Highland Bagpipe Music, vol. 4 (No. 55, p. 39) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Amix e|AAAB ccce|dcBA GABG|AAAB ccce|dBGB AA A:| e|agea cAec|gedg BGdB|agea cAec|cBGB AAAe| agea cAec|gedg BGdB|cAdB ecae|dBGB AA A||

ROSSIE CASTLE. Scottish, Reel (whole time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Highland bagpiper Colin Thomson who served with the Seaforth Highlanders from 1904-1908. Rossie Castle was a grand country house near Montrose, Ross-Shire, on the edge of Rossie Moor. It was built between 1790 and 1800 for the MacDonald family on the site of an earlier castle, but was largely demolished following World War II and is now a ruin.

See also Archibald Duff's "Rossie House."

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Logan & Co. (Logan's Collection of Highland Bagpipe Music, Book 4), c. 1910; No. 55, p. 39. Rideout (Scottish Fire), 2010; p. 15.

Recorded sources: - Maggie’s Music MMCD222, Bonnie Rideout – “Scottish Fire” (2000).