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HONOUR, RICHES,
MARRIAGE BLESSING.
Irish, March (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by
Thomas Cooke (1782-1848), an Irish composer for the theater. Many other composers
have set Shakespeare’s The Tempest to
music, including this lyric which appears in Act IV, scene 1.
Notably, English composer Henry
Purcell (1659-95) produced a “semi-opera” setting (a form of musical theatre
with spoken and sung dialogue) of the
play, but music was also composed for it by Thomas Arne, Goerge Frederic
Handel, Johann Pachelbel, and Georg Philipp Telemann, among others.
***
Honour, riches, marriage-blessing,
Long continuance, and increasing,
Hourly joys be still upon you!
Juno sings her blessings on you.
***
Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 342, pg. 201.
HONORABLE CAPT.
ELLIOT'S QUICKSTEP. Scottish, Quickstep (2/4 time). B
Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by J. Pringle. Hunter (Fiddle Music of
HONORABLE CAPTAIN
ELPHINSTON’S.
Scottish, Strathspey. G Dorian. Standard tuning. AA’B. Composed by Nathaniel Gow
(1763-1831) in honor of George
Keith-Elphinstone (1746-), 5th son of Charles, 10th
Lord Elphinstone. He had little hope inheriting a title and determined to make
a career for himself in the British navy where he became one of the most
celebrated officers of the Napoleonic era. He made post-captain in 1775 and
served under Lord Howe in the American Revoution. Elphinstone had a
distinguished career and garnered a reputation as an aggressive and capable
commander. During his American adventure Elphinstone and his ship was chosen by
prince William Henry, afterwards kin William IV but then a midshipmen, as his
place of service. The captain returned to
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T:Honorable Captain Elphinton’s Strathspey
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
C:Nathaniel Gow
B:Gow – 3rd Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels, 3rd ed., pg. 23 (orig. 1792)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Dorian
G<Gd>B “tr”G2 DB|G<GGB
“tr”d>cBg|G<Gd>B “tr”G2 DE|1 F>GAB c>BAf:|2 F>GA>B cffa||
g<gb>a “tr”g2 de/^f/|ggga
{g/a/}b>agd|g<gb>a “tr”g2 dc/B/|Afcf “tr”A>GFa|
g<gb>a “tr”g2 de/^f/|ggga
{g/a/}b>agd|g<gbg afge|”tr”f>cdf A<Fc>A||
HONORABLE CAPTAIN MAITLAND('S STRATHSPEY). Scottish, Strathspey. G Major.
Standard tuning. AB (Surenne): AAB (Athole, Glen, Gow): AABB (Kerr). The tune
is attributed Gow's Repository, Part
Second (1802) to Nathaniel
Gow (1763-1831), the fiddler, composer, music publisher and
bandleader and son of the famous Scots fiddler Niel Gow. However, it appears that the tune was first
published in Malcolm McDonald's Second Collection (1789). Emmerson
(1971) relates MacDonald was a bass player in Nathaniel Gow's band at the time
his volume appeared, and likely heard Gow play the tune, although he may not
have realized Nathaniel wrote it. Glen (The
Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1981; pg. 31. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 2, 1802; pg.
14. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2;
No. 126, pg. 15. MacDonald (A Second
Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1789; pg. 10. Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg.
170. Surenne (Dance Music of
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T:Honorable Captain Maitland’s
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:MacDonald – 2nd
Collection of Strathspey Reels (1789)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D | G<G B>G “tr”c>AFD | G<G B>G d<G B>G | c<aB<g ADFD | G<G “tr”B>A {A}G2G :|
B/c/ | d<gB<g ADFD | d<gB<g dgBg | c<aB<g ADFD | G<G”tr”B>A {A}G2 GB/c/ |
d<gB<g ADFD | d<gB<g d<BgB | c<aB<g A<dD<F | G<G “tr”B>A {A}G2G ||
HONORABLE CHARLES
BRUCE, THE. Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard
tuning. AAB. Composed by Miss Magdelina Stirling, appearing in John Bowie's 1787 collection. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music),
Vol. 1, 1891; pg. 41.
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T:Hon. Chas. Bruce, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Glen Collection, Vol. 1 (1891)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B_
d|BFDB GBFB|EBDB C/C/C CF|BFDF
Bdfd|cBcd B/B/B B:|
d|B/B/B dB fBbd|Bdfd c>Bcd|B/B/B
dB fBbd|c>Bcd B/B/B Bd|
B/B/B dB fBbd|Bdfd c>Bcd|BGFD
FGBg|fdcd B/B/B B||
HONORABLE
COLONEL HAMILTON’S DELIGHT,
THE. AKA – “New
Bumpkin.” Scottish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC’. Composed by
Joseph Reinagle. The Gow's printed the tune again in The Beauties of Niel Gow,
Part I, under the title "New Bumpkin." Gow (Second Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1788, 3rd
edition; pg. 6.
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T:Honorable Colonel Hamilton’s
Delight, The
T:New Bumpkin
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
C:Joseph Reinable
B:Gow – 2nd Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels, pg. 6 (1788)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
[G,3D3B3g3] dBd|({d}”tr”c2)B A2c|BdB
({B}A2)G|”tr”F>EF D3|[G,3D3B3g3] dBd|
({d}”tr”c2)B Ace|dcB AGF|G3 G3::D3
“tr”(
“tr”FEF D2D|E2c cde|dBG G2g|dBG
cAF|G3 G3::B/c/|dBd ege|dBd ({d}c2)A|
dBG EFG|ABG FED|1 dBd ege|dBd
({d}”tr”c2)A|dBG DEF|G3 G2:|2
dgb bgd|cfa afc|Bed cBA|GDC B,A,G,||
HONORABLE COLONEL
WEMYSS, THE. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard
tuning. AB (Surenne): AAB (MacDonald). MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 145. Surenne (Dance Music of
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T:Honorable Colonel Wemyss, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:MacDonald – Skye Collection (1887)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
C|F2 AF ABcf|Afc>F EGGA|F2 AF ABcA|dfeg fFF:|
g|a/g/f/e/ fc ABcf|Afc>F
EGGg|fefc ABcA|efeg fFFg|
afge fdcB|Afc>F EGGB|AFcA
Bcde|fcdB AFF||
HONORABLE
GEORGE BAILLIE'S STRATHSPEY. AKA and see "Highland Skip [1]." Scottish,
Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The tune appears under the above title
in Niel Gow's First Collection,
second edition (1801), attributed to Niel (1727-1807), although the tune first
was published as "Highland Skip" by Daniel
Dow in c. 1775. The tune is probably named for the grandson (and namesake)
of George Baillie of Jerviswood (d. 1738), an Edinburgh burgess who had been
granted the lands of Mellerstain by Charles I. Baillie began construction of a
grand estate at Mellerstain commissioning architect William Adam to design and
build the house. However, when George died in 1738 only two wings had been
constructed and work stopped with the main part of the house unbuilt. The
estate descended to George’s daughter Rachel, who married Charles Hamilton,
Lord Binning. Their first son eventually became the 7th Earl of Haddington, but
their second son, named George, became the laird of Jerviswood and Mellerstain
and assumed the name Baillie. This George Baillie resumed work on Mellerstain,
and commissioned the famous architect Robert Adam, to complete the construction
of Mellerstain which his father William began, which he did between 1770 and
1778. The interior of the manor features some of Adam’s finest work. The (Hon.)
George Baillie’s name appears among those in a “List of the Nobility and Gentry
Who appeared at the Balls at Kelso Races, October 1783,” a broadside published
sheet of the period (National Library of Scotland). Gow (First Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1784 (revised 1801); pg. 18.
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T:Honorable George Baillie’s Strathspey
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Gow – First Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels (2nd ed. 1801)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
f|c<F”tr”c>F
c<F”tr”f>d|c<F”tr”c>A {A}G2 G<f|c<F”tr”c>A
c<Fa>g|f<d”tr”c>A F2F:||
c|f>g{fg}a>g
f>ca>(g|f>)d”tr”c>A {A}G2 G>c|”tr”f>g{fg}a>g
f<ca>g|f<d”tr”c>A F2 F>c|
“tr”f>g{fg}a>g
f>ca>g|f<dc>A {A}G2 G>A|F<cA<c
F<ag<a|f>d”tr”c>A F2F||
HONORABLE GEORGE
CARNEGIE, THE. Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor.
Standard tuning. AAB. Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg.
202.
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T:Honorable George Carnegie, The
L:1/8
M:C
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Minor
B|G>AB>G DG G2|A>GF>c A<F F2|G>AB>G D>GB>d|
c>AF>A BGG:|
d|g>fd>g f<d g2|f>dc>f A<Fc<A|g>fd>g f<d g2|f>df>A B<G G2|
g>fd>g
f<d g2|f>dc>f A<Fc<A|G<BA<c B<dc<g|f<df<A
G2G||
HONORABLE JAMES
RAMSAY'S REEL, THE. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning.
AB. Composition credited to Niel Gow Jr. by Gatherer. Gatherer (Gatherer’s Musical Museum), 1987; pg. 6.
Niel Gow Junior, Collection of Airs,
Reels, Strathspeys (1837).
HONORABLE JOHN LESLIE
MELVILLE. Scottish, Strathspey. D
Minor/Dorian. Standard tuning. AAB. Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg.
241.
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T:Honorable John Leslie Melville
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D Minor
A|d>e f>de>^c d2|A>cG>F E<C C>E|d>ef>d e<^c d2|A<c E>G F<DD:|
A|F/G/A D>AF>A d=B|c>GA>F E<C C>E|F/G/A D>AF>A d=B|
c>GE>A F<D D>A|F/G/A D>AF>A d>=B|c>GA>F E<C C>E|
F>AG>B
A>d^c>g|f>de>^c d<DD||
HONORABLE LADY FRASER
OF LOVAT, THE. AKA and see “Mrs. Stewart’s Strathspey.”
Scottish, Strathspey. A Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. The melody appears in
Petrie’s Third Collection. From Gow's Collection. The tune was printed
by John Gow under the title “Mrs. Stewart’s Strathspey.” Composed by Robert Petrie. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 103.
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T:Honorable Lady Fraser of Lovat,
The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:MacDonald – The Skye Collection (1887)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G|E<A, E>D EA,A,>C|B,>G
E/D/C/B,/ DB,G, G|(E<A,) E>D EA,A,(B,/C/)|
DE/F/ (E/D/)C/B,/ CA,A,:|
c/>B/|Aaca Aa ed/c/|GgBg Gg
(e/d/)c/B/|Aaca Aa (f/e/)d/c/|
B/(c/d/)B/ e/>c/d/>B/ cA
Ac/>B/|Aaca Aa (f/e/)d/c/|GgBg Gg (e/d/)c/B/|
A/B/c/A/ B/c/d/B/ c/d/e/c/
d/e/f/d/|e>E (e/d/)c/B/ cAA||
HONORABLE MISS
BULLER’S, THE. AKA and see “Honorable Miss Rollo.” Scottish, Reel. D
Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Kennedy (Traditional
Dance Music of
HONOURABLE MISS
CHARTERIS, THE.
Scottish, Reel. G Minor. Standard tuning. AB. The Earls of Wemyss
adopted the name Charteris (absorbing the ill-gotten gains of the infamous
Colonel Charteris). The title may honor one of the daughters of Francis Wemyss
Charteris, Lord Elcho (1749-1808) and Susan Tracy-Keck, whom he married in July
1771. The daughters were Susan, Augusta, Henrietta and Katherine. Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels),
1792; pg. 15 (3rd ed.). Surenne (Dance
Music of
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T:Honourable Miss Charteris, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Surenne – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Minor
d | gaba g2 fd | cdfg agfa | gaba g2
fd | cdfA G<GGd | gaba g2 fd |
cdfg agfa | gaba g2 fd | cdfA
G<GG || c | (B/4c/2<d) BG BdgB | (A/4B/2<c) AF AcfA |
(B/4c/2<d) BG BdgB | ({B}A)G^FA
G<GGc | (B/4c/2<d) BG BdgB |
(A/4B/2<c) AF AcfA | Bcd=e fgfd |
cfcA G<GG ||
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T:Honourable Miss Charteri’s [sic]
Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Gow – 3rd Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels, 3rd ed.,
pg. 15 (orig. 1792)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Minor
d|gaba {a} “tr”g2 fd|cdfg
({f/g/}a)gfa|gaba {a}g2 fd|cdfA G/G/G G:||c|
(B/c/d) .B.G BdgB|(A/B/c) .A.F
AcfA|(B/c/d) .B.G BdgB|{B}A>G^FA G/G/G Gc|
(B/c/d) .B.G BdgB|(A/B/c) AF
AcfA|Bcde fgfd|cf {d}cA G/G/G G||
HONORABLE MISS/MRS. DRUMMOND OF
HONORABLE MISS DRUMMOND OF
HONORABLE MISS DRUMMOND OF
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T:Honorable Miss Drummond of
M:C
L:1/8
C:Captain Ross, Royal Artillery
B:Gow – 2nd Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels, pg. 6 (1788)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E Minor
B,|”tr”E3F E/E/E EF|A>BAF
DEFD|B,(E”tr”E>)D “tr”E>FGe|d<B “tr”A>F ({F/A/}B2)E:||
B|e3~f e/e/e “tr”e>d|B<d
“tr”A>F D>EFD|e3f e/e/e “tr”e>d|B<d “tr”F>A ({F/A/}B2)EB|
e3f e/e/e
“tr”e>d|B<d”tr”A>F D>EFD|B,(E”tr”E>)D “tr”E>FGe|d<BA>F
({F/A/}B2)E||
HONORABLE MISS DRUMMOND OF
HONORABLE MISS ELLIOT. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by
J. Pringle. Hunter (Fiddle Music of
HONORABLE MISS JESSIE
A. RUTHVEN. Scottish, Strathspey. C Minor.
Standard tuning. The tune is attributed to A. Leburn by John Glen. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music),
vol. 2, 1895; pg. 33.
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T:Honorable Miss Jessie A. Ruthven
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Glen Collection, vol. 2
(1895)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C Minor
E/D/|CccG E>F GF/E/|B,BBF
(D/E/F/E/) DC/B,/|CccG E>FGg|ed/c/ dc/=B/ cCC:|
c|Gcec gcec|FBdB fBdB|Gcec
gceg|g/f/e/d/ =B/c/d/f/ eccA|(Gce)c gcec|
(FBd)B fBdB|c>ed>f
e>gf>a|g/f/e/d/ =B/c/d/f/ ecc||
HONORABLE MISS ROLLO. AKA and see “The Honorable Miss
Buller’s.” Scottish, Reel. C Major (Glen): D Major (Kerr). Standard tuning.
AAB (Glen): AABB' (Kerr). The melody appears in John Bowie's 1789 collection. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music),
Vol. 1, 1891; pg. 34. Kerr (Merry
Melodies), vol. 3; No. 4, pg. 3.
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T:Honorable Miss Rollo, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Glen Collection, vol. 1
(1891)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
f|e2 ce dBcG|AcGE Dddf|e2 ce
dBcG|Aagf ecc:|
e|gagf ecgc|Bcdc BGGe|gagf ecgc|fd
e/f/g ecce|
gagf ecgc|Bcdc BGGB|cGAF EFGf|egdf
ecc||
HONORABLE MISS SEMPILL. Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. The tune is attributed to
Robert 'Red Rob' Mackintosh by John
Glen. Glen (The Glen Collection of
Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 12.
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T:Honorable Miss Sempill
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Glen Collection, vol. 2
(1895)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
f|g2 dB GBdB|A2 ec Acea|g2 dB
GBdB|cedc BGGf|g2 dB GBdB|
a2 ec Acea|g2 eg dgBg|cA d/c/B/A/
BGG||D|B,DGD CEAE|DFAB cABG|
B,DGD CEAE|DFAc BGGD|B,DGD CEAE|DFAB
cedc|BdgB ceag|fdaf gGG||
HONORABLE MR. FRASER
(OF LOVAT). Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard
tuning. AB. The tune is attributed to Robert
'Red Rob' Mackintosh by John Glen. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 50.
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