Annotation:Mr. Alexander Troup
X:1 T:Mr. Alexander Troup's C:Alexander Walker M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey B:Walker - Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, etc. (1866, p. 54) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion F:http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105875708?mode=zoom K:F#min E|(C<F)F>G A>Bc>e|G>EB>E e>E B>E|(C<F)F>G A>Bc>d|{d}e>c{c}B>G F/F/F F:| G|(F<f)f>(g a>)(fg>)(e|f>)(ce>)(B c>)(AB>)G|F<ff>g a>fg>e|c>Be>G F/F/F F>f| a>fF>f A>fc>f|e>EG>B E>BG>E|F>CF>G A>Bc>d|e>c{c}B>G F/F/F F||
MR. ALEXANDER TROUP. Scottish, Strathspey. F Sharp Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler-composer biography:Alexander Walker in honor of Alexander Troup of Dalbagie. Dalbàgie (Glengairn), parish of Glenmuick, is derived from Scots Gaelic Dail bhàite or "drowned field" or "flooded haugh", denoting a field that is wet and swampy. Alexander Troup of Crathie and Ballater was born at Dalbadgie, in the vicinity of Ballater, in September, 1835. He was locally renowned as a violinist and muiscographer and was often called upon as a judge at pipe and violin competitions. He had a wide and accurate knowledge of the works of Scottish violin composers, and possessed a valuable collection of works on Scottish music and musicians. A contemporary account [c.f. Mackintosh, History of the Valley of the Dee, 1895, p. 146]] said "he is esteemed as one of the highest living authorities upon all points relating to Scottish music. He has played on various occasions at Balmoral. He is also a good vocal musician. In his twenty-first year, he led the psalmody in the church of Crathie before Her Majesty the Queen. He is a man of rare gifts and energy. His elder brother, James, who went to Australia, is also a fine violin player. He also performed before her with Willie Blair, 'The Queen's Fiddler'. See also Troup's compositions "Cluny Castle" and "Patrick Glennie's" and J. Scott Skinner's "Sandy Troup."
