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 Theme code Index    5356 537L2
 Also known as    Athole House, May Day (9)
 Composer/Core Source    Daniel Dow
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance, Reel (single/double), Strathspey
 Key/Tonic of    F
 Accidental    1 flat
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
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 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Daniel Dow
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:20 Minuets and 16 Reels or Country Dances for the Violin
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 Year of publication/Date of MS    1773
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Athole House M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B: Daniel Dow – Twenty Minuets and Sixteen Reels or Country Dances (c. 1775, p. 21) B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/106036449 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F f|cFAF cF (d/c/B/A/)|cFAF E G2-f|cFAF cAfc|(d/c/B/A/ c)C DF F:| c|f2 (a/g/f/e/) fcAc|Fc (dc/B/A/ G)GGc|f2 (a/g/f) cfAc|dfeg c (f2c)| fcaf ecge|afcf e(ggb)|afcf dBGB|cAcC DF F||


X:2 T:Athole House S:Petrie's Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c. Z:Steve Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>, 6/5/04 N:Petrie's Second Collection, page 7 % Gore's Index gives earliest publication as Daniel Dow's "20 minuets % and 16 reels or C.D.s for the Vn., Hchd., or G.Fl.",1773 L:1/8 M:C R:Reel K:F f|cFAF cF (d/c/B/A/)|cFAF (EGGf)|cFAF cAfc|d/c/B/A/ cC DFF:| c|f2 (a/g/f) fcAc |Fc d/c/B/A/ (BGGe)|f2 (a/g/f/e/) fcAc|dfeg (cffc)| fcaf ecbg |afcf (eggb)|afcf dBGB|AFcC DFF |]


X:2 T:Athole House M: C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 532, p. 203) N:”Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland” Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G|dGBG dG e/d/c/B/|dGBG F A2f|dGBG dBgd|e/d/c/B/ dD EGG:| d|g2 (b/a/g/f/ g)dBd|Gd e/d/c/B/ cAAd|g2 b/a/g dgBd|egfa dg2d| gdba fdc'a|bgdg fa2c'|bgdg ecAc|BGdD EG G|]


X:1 T:Athole House M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4 (1796, No. 20, p. 8) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G g|dGBG dG (e/d/c/B/)|dGBG FA2g|dGBG dBgd|(e/d/c/B/) dD EGG:|| d|g2 b/a/g/f/ gdBd|Fd (e/d/c/B/) cAAd|gbag dgBd|egfa dggd| gdbg fdc'a|bgdg faac' |bgdg ecAc|BGdD DGG||


X:1 T:Athole House M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Mulhollan - Selection of Irish and Scots Tunes (Edinburgh, 1804, p. 27) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F f|cFAF cF (d/c/B/A/)|cFAF E(G2f)|cFAF cFfc|d/c/B/A/ cC DFF:| c|f2 (a/g/f/e/) fcAc|Fc (d/c/B/A/) BGGc|f2 (a/g/f) cfAc|dfeg c f2 c| fcaf ecbg|afcf e(gg)b|afcf dBGB|AFcC DFF||


X:1 T:Athole House M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:The Buttery Manuscript (c. 1784-1820, No. 822) N:John Buttery (1784-1854) joined the 34th Regiment in Lincoln, N:Lincolnshire, England, in 1797 and served as a fifer until discharged in N:1814. His large ms. contains marches, duty calls, dance tunes and airs. N:EASMES identifies this as the Fife MS. and suggests a date of 1780, see N: https://www.cdss.org/elibrary/Easmes/Index.htm Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D B|ADFD ADBD|ADFD CEEB|ADFD AFdB|AFAA, B,DD:| A|d2 f/e/d/c/ dAFA|c2A2 B/A/G/F/ GEEA|d2 f/e/d/c/ dAFA|Bdce AddA| Bdce AddA|dAfd cAge|fdcB cdeg|fdBd BGEB|AFAA, B,DD||


X:1 T:Athole House M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F f|cFAF cF d/c/B/A/|cFAF EGGf|cFAF cAfc|d/c/B/A/ cC DFF:| c|~f2 a/g/f/e/ fcAc|Fc d/c/B/A/ BGGc|~f2 a/g/f/e/ fcAc|d/e/f e/f/g cf~fc| fcaf ecbg|afcf eggb|afcf dBGB|AFcC DF~F||