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MRS. A. MACGLASHAN. AKA - “Mrs. A. McGlashan,” AKA and see "Mrs. Alexander MacGlashan."
MRS. A. MACPHERSON OF INVERAN. Scottish. Composed by Pipe Major
G.S. McLennan (1883-1927), a bagpiper revered in Highland circles.
MRS. A. R. FINDLAY. Scottish, Reel. Composed in 1931 by Aberdeenshire fiddler and composer
J. Murdoch Henderson (1902-1972), dedicated to the Conductor of the Aberdeen
High School Orchestra. Henderson (Flowers
of Scottish Melody), 1935.
MRS. ABERCROMBYS OF GLUPAS REEL. Scottish, Reel. G Minor. Standard. AAB.
X:1
T:Mrs. Abercrombys of Glupas Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
N:”Slow”
S:William
Sydney Mount (1807-1868) manuscripts, c. 1840’s?
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Minor
f>c d/(c/B/A/) B>G G2 :| g>fd>f “tr”(g/f/g/a/) b>g | f>dc>d (f>g{f/g/}a>f |
(b>a)(a>g) (g>f)(f>d) | c3f (d/c/B/A/) (B<G) G2 | g>fd>f “tr”(g/f/g/a/) b>g |
f>dc>d
(f>g){f/g/}(a>f) | (g>f)(e>d) (c>e)(d>c) | “tr”B/(A/b/c/)
(d/c/B/A/) B<G G ||
MRS. ADIE. AKA - "Mrs. Adye."
Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major. Standard. AB (Cole, Surenne): AAB (Athole,
Gow, Skye). Composed by Major William Logan. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 171. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 124. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 125. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 162. Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg.
279. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland),
1852; pgs. 54-55 (appears as “Mrs. Adye”).
X:1
T:Mrs. Adie
T:Mrs.
Adye’s
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson
– The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B_
d|B<B
~B2 c>A F<A|B<B c>B A<F F>B|G<A B>G F>D B,<D|
E<G
F>E D<B,B,:|
f|d>Bf>B
b>Bf>B|A/B/c c>B A<F F2|G>A B>G F>DB,>D|E<G F>E
D<B, B,>B|
d>B
f<B b<Bf<B|A/B/c c>B A<F ~F>_A|G<E E>G F<D
D>F|E<C C>F D<B,B||
N:Last time only ||(3GEE (3EFG (3FDD
(3DEF|(3ECC (3CDF (3DB,B, B,||
MRS. ALEXANDER BRODIE. Scottish, Reel. D Major.
Standard. AB. Surenne (Dance Music of
Scotland), 1852; pg. 162.
X:1
T:Mrs. Alexander Brodie
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Surenne – Dance Music of Scotland, pg. 162
(1852)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
f | gefd edcA | gefd B3f | gefd edcA
| dBAF D3f | gefd edcA | gefd B3f |
gefd edcA | dBAF D3 || F | DFAF BGAF
| dBAF E<EEF | DFAF BGAc |
(d/c/B/A/) dF D<DDF | DFAF BGAF |
dBAF ({F}E3)g | afge fdec | cBAF D3 ||
MRS. ALEXANDER
MACGLASHAN. Scottish, Jig. G Minor. Standard.
AAB (Glen): AABB’ (Cranford/Fitzgerald). This 18th century melody was probably
composed, and certainly published by John MacGlashan (sometimes McGlashan), who
may or may not have been related to the famous Scottish fiddle/composer Alexander "King" MacGlashan.
Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton)
[Cranford]. Cranford (Fitzgerald),
1997; No. 199, pg. 78. Glen (The Glen
Collection of Scottish Music), Vol. 2, 1895; pg 34.
X:1
T:Mrs. A. MacGlashan
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Glen Collection, Vol. 2
(1895)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Minor
D|G2G GB,G,|G,B,D BAG|F2c A2f|cdB
AGF|G2G GB,G,|
G,B,D BAG|F2f c2A|dBG G2:|
d|g/a/ba gdB|GBd gab|f/g/ag fcA|FAc
fga|g/a/ba gdB|GBd gab|
agf cAc|dBG G2d|g/a/ba gdB|GBd
gab|f/g/ag fcA|FAc fga|
bgb a^fa|gdg fcf|dfd cAc|dBG G2||
MRS. ALLAN MACDONALD. Canadian, Strathspey. Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard tuning.
AB. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). The ‘B’ part
is played in third position. Cameron (Trip
to Windsor), 1994; pg. 2.
MRS. ANDERSON OF
BALGAY. Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard
tuning. AAB. Composed by Abraham
Macintosh. Glen (The Glen Collection
of Scottish Music), Vol. 1, 1891; pg. 34.
X:1
T:Mrs. Anderson of Balgay
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Glen Collection, Vol. 1
(1891)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
E|CEGc EGce|cAGE FDDG|cGEC EGce|fagf ecc:|
e/f/|gecg afda|gece fdde/f/|gecg
afde|fagf ecce/f/|gecg afda|
gece fddf|ecBA GAGE|FDGF ECC||
MRS. ANDERSON'S STRATHSPEY--OF FOCHABERS. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. A Major.
Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall
(1748-1833). Mrs. Anderson was the wife of Reverend John Anderson, a teacher of
the young Marshall (Cowie, The Life and
Times of William Marshall, 1999). Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, pg. 21.
X:1
T:Mrs. Anderson’s Strathspey—of
Fochabers
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Marshall – 1822 Collection
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
c/d/|e>fec e>fec|~B>cde
f(BB)c/d/|e>fec Aag>f|f/e/d/c/ B/c/d/e/ c(AA):|
E|CA,AE cAec|d>e f/e/d/c/
B(FF)B|AcEc BdEd|c/a/g/f/ e/d/c/B/ c(AA)E|
CA,AE cAec|d>e f/e/d/c/
B(FF)B|AcEc BdEd|c/a/g/f/ e/d/c/B/ cAA||
MRS. ANNE MACDERMOTT
ROE. Irish, Planxty (2/4 time). D Minor.
Standard tuning. AB. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan
(1670-1738). Complete Collection of
Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 82, pg. 68.
MRS. ARNOT. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune
in print in John Riddell's 1766
collection (pg. 60).
MRS. B. CATTO, ABERDEEN. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. Composed
by Aberdeenshire fiddler and composer J. Murdoch Henderson (1902-1972), named
in honor of a reciter of Scots poetry. Henderson (Flowers of Scottish Melody), 1935.
MRS. BABS ANDERSON. Shetland, Strathspey. Composed by Tom Anderson (Shetland) in memory of
his late wife, who encouraged his composing and collecting. Topic 12TS379, Aly Bain & Tom Anderson ‑
"Shetland Folk Fiddling, vol. 2" (1978).
MRS. BAILLIE. See “Mrs. Colonel Bailie of Red-Castle.”
MRS. BAIRD. AKA – “Mrs. Baird Hill’s Reel.” Scottish, Reel. G Minor. Standard
tuning. AA'B. The melody appears in Malcolm
MacDonald’s 4th collection, dedicated to the Countess of
Breadalbane. MacDonald (A Fourth
Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1797; pg. 2. Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg.
187.
X:1
T:Mrs. Baird hill’s Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:MacDonald – 4th Collection of Strathspey Reels (1797)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Minor
A | BGA^F GDD=E | F/F/F AF cFAc |1 BGA^F GDDg | fdcA G2G :|2
BGA^F GABg | fdcA G2G || ^f | gdgb =fcfa | gdgb gagd | fgdf AFAc |
dBcA BGG^f | gdgb =fcfa | gdgb gafg | dfcf AFAc | dBcA {^F}G2G ||
MRS. BAIRD OF NEW BYTH
[1]. AKA and see “Miss Baird of Newbyth.”
Scottish, Strathspey. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Niel Gow
(1727-1807). Carlin (The Gow Collection),
1986; No. 172. Gow (First Collection of
Niel Gow’s Reels), 1784 (revised 1801); pg. 7.
X:1
T:Mrs. Baird of New Byth [1]
C:Niel Gow
M:C
L:1/8
N:”Slowish”
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
B | AD ({B}A)G/F/ E(=CC>)E | AD
(B/A/G/F/) AD (B/A/G/F/) | BGAF E(=CC>)E |
AD ({B}A)G/F/ AD D :| (g | f>)dAd
e(=cc>)e | f>dAd f>dAd | A>dfd e(=cc>)e |
f>dAd F(DD>)(g | f>)dAd
e(=cc>)(e | f>)dAd f>dec | d>A=c>=F E(=CC>)E | AD ({B}A)G/F/
AD D ||
MRS. BAIRD OF NEWBYTH
[2]. Scottish, Strathspey. C Major.
Standard tuning. AB (Surenne): AABB' (Kerr, Stewart-Robertson). The tune is
attributed tow William MacDonald in the Gow’s 2nd Collection (1788). Newbyth is in East Lothian, and
lies on the Peffer Burn north of East Linton. It is the birthplace of Sir David
Baird of Newbyth (1757-1829, whose mother may be the Mrs. Baird honoured by
MacDonald’s melody. Sir David was a hero of military campaigns in India and saw
service in the Napoleonic Wars. He was made baronet in 1809. This anecdote is
told of Mrs. Baird of Newbyth:
***
Sir David Baird, was always spoken of as a
grand specimen of the class. When the news
arrived from India of the gallant but
unfortunate action of ‘84 against Hyder All (ed. AKA
Hyder Ali {1722-1782} or Haider ‘Alt), in
which her son, then Captain Baird, was engaged,
it was stated that he and other officers had
been taken prisoners and chained together two
and two. The friends were careful in breaking
such sad intelligence to the mother of Captain
Baird. When, however, she was made fully to
understand the position of her son and his gallant
companions, disdaining all weak and useless
expressions of her own grief, and knowing
well the restless and athletic habits of her
son, all she said was, "Lord pity the chiel that’s
chained to our Davie!”
***
Gow (Second Collection of Neil Gow’s Reels), 1788, 3rd ed.;
pg. 9. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2;
No. 92, pg. 12. Stewart-Robertson (The
Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 75. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pgs. 150-151.
X:1
T:Mrs. Baird of Newbyth [2]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
F|E/F/G G>A c>de>d|c>AG>E A<D D>F|E/F/G G>A c>de>d|c>AG>E G<CC:|
f|e/f/g c>g e<c g>e|f>g a/g/f/e/ f<d d>g|e/f/g c>g e<c g>e|c<A G>E G<C C>f|
e/f/g c>g e<cg>e|f>g a/g/f/e/ f<d d>g|e>gd>e c>de>d|c>AG>E G<CC||
MRS. BAIRD OF NEWBYTH
[3]. Scottish, Strathspey. E Dorian.
Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Malcolm
McDonald, who dedicated his first collection to Mrs. Baird. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Music),
vol. 1, 1891; pg. 47. MacDonald (Collection
of Strathspey Reels, vol. 1), c. 1788; pg. 1.
X:1
T:Mrs. Baird of Newbyth [3]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:MacDonald – Collection of Strathspey Reels I
(c. 1788)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E Minor
d|B<E B>G B>EBe | dBAG FADd
| BEBG BEBf | {g}f2 e^deE E :|
B | (e>fg)e fde^c | dBAG FADd |
(e>fg)e fde^c | {g}f2 e^d eEEB |
e>fge fde^c| dBAG FADd | BEBG
Bcde | {g}f2 e^d eE E ||
MRS. BAIRD OF
NEWBYTH’S JIGG.
Scottish, Jig. A Major. Standard. AABB’. Composed by Malcolm MacDonald, the melody appears
in his first collection (c. 1788), dedicated to Mrs. Baird of Newbyth.
MacDonald (A Collection of Strathspey
Reels), c. 1788; pg. 21.
X:1
T:Mrs. Baird of Newbyth’s Jigg
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:MacDonald – Collection of Strathspey Reels, vol. 1 (c. 1788)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
F | E3E3 | EFA {d}”tr”c2A | F3F3 |
B>dB “tr”c2A | E3E3 | EFA “tr”(c2A) |
(F2B) (B2d) | cAA A2 :: (c/d/) |
e>ce e>ce | ece {=g}(f2e) | fdf fdf |
fdf {a}(g2f) |1 ece ece | ece
{=g}(f2e) | faf ece | cAA A2 :|2 faf ece |
d2e f2e | faf ece | cAA A2 ||
MRS.
BAKER'S HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Miss Baker's Hornpipe," "Miss Bacon's Hornpipe."
English, Hornpipe. F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Mrs. Baker was a famous stage
dancer who performed the hornpipe in the 18th century theater (along
with Miss Anne Catley and Nancy Dawson, among others, according to Frank
Kidson in his entry on hornpipes in Groves
Dictionary of Music and Musicians): “About 1760 the hornpipe underwent a
radical change, for it was turned into common time and was altered in
character. Miss Anne Catley, Mrs. Baker, Nancy Dawson, and other stage dancers,
introduced it into the theatre, and they have given their names to hornpipes
which are even now popular.” Versions
of this tune can be found in Thompson's Complete
Collection of Country Dance Tunes (Vol. III, pg. 29, No. 58), and in the Alymore MS, the John Clare ms. (Helpston,
Northants, 1820, as "Miss Bacon's Hornpipe”), and the John Rook ms.
(Warerton, 1840). Source for notated version: a c. 1837-1840 MS by
X:1
T:Mrs.
Baker’s Hornpipe
M:C
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
B:Ashman – Ironbridge Hornpipe
K:F
cB | A2(F2
F)AGF | EG (B2 B)dcB | Acde fcdB | …
X:2
T:Mrs.
Baker’s
M:C
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:John Rook
manuscript (Warerton, 1840)
K:G
dc|B2G2
GBAG|FA c2 cedc|Bdef gdec|B2G2G2:|
|:(3def|adBd
gbag|afdf ac’ba|bgaf geag|f2d2d2gd|
(3efg (3Bcd
cc’b|agfe edcB|(3cde (3FGA GdcA|B2G2G2:|
MRS. BARCLAY. Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by
Alexander Walker for Mrs. Barclay, Kincardine O'Neil.
MRS. BARNEY BRALLAGHAN. AKA and see "Barney
Brallaghan."
MRS. BEATTY WALLACE. Canadian, Jig.
MRS. BERTHA AIM. Scottish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Shetland
fiddler Arthur S. Robertson (b. 1911) and dedicated to Mrs. Bertha Aim, widow
of the late Ronnie Aim of Orknay (1919‑1982) who was a reknowned fiddler
of those islands. Neil (The Scots Fiddle),
1991; No. 142, pg. 181.
MRS. BIGGS (OF
MRS. BIRMINGHAM. Irish, Air or Planxty. The air has been attributed to the blind Irish
harper Turlough O’Carolan (1670-1738), though there is no definitive evidence
for this according to Donal O’Sullivan.
MRS. BLAIR OF
AVONTOWN'S FAVORITE. Scottish, Slow Quickstep. D Major.
Standard. AABB. Carlin (The Gow
Collection), 1986; No. 576.
MRS. BOSWELL OF
AUCHINLECK'S REEL. Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major.
Standard. AAB. Composed by John French (1752‑1803), originally from
Cumnock. Published in his posthumous 1803 collection "Strathspey Reels
&c," which collection was dedicated to Mrs. Boswell, the wife of James
Boswell, Dr. Johnson's amanuensis. Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music), 1983; Ex. 89, pg. 143.
MRS. BOURKE. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard. AAB. Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg.
236.
X:1
T:Mrs. Bourke
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
C|~F2 AF EGGB|AFAc ~f2 cf|dBcF EGGB|AcCE F2F:|
c|~fcfa gceg|a/g/f g/f/e ~f2 cB|AcdB cffd|cBAG ~F2 FA|
~fcfa
gceg|a/g/f g/f/e ~f2 cf|AFcF fdcB|AcCE ~F2F||
MRS. BOUTH'S MINUET. Scottish, Minuet. The melody appears in the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth (1768).
MRS. BRODIE SHERIFF OF BATTLEBLENT'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey. G Major.
Standard. AABB'. Composition credited to G. Rankin by Kerr. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 2; No. 176, pg.
20.
MRS.
BRODIE SHERIFF OF BATTLEBLENT'S REEL. Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard.
AABB'. Composition credited to G. Rankin by Kerr. Largely a reel version of the
strathspey of the same name. Kerr (Merry
Melodies), Vol. 2; No. 177, pg. 20.
MRS. BROWN('S REEL) OF
LINKWOOD. Scottish, Reel. E Minor. Standard.
AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Mrs.
Brown was probably the wife of either George Brown or his son Peter Brown. The
Browns were surveyors, and Peter turned the whiskey still at Linkwood into a
licensed distillery that still produces spirits toady (Cowie, The Life and Times of William Marshall,
1999).
X:1
T:Mrs. Brown of Linkwood
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:The Athole Collection
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E Minor
F|E>FG>A B2 B>^c|d>Bad FDAF|E>FGA B2 Bf|gef^d e/e/e e:|
f|gef^d e2 Be|dBAd FDDf|gef^d Be|d>BAF E/E/E Ef|gef^d e2 Be|
dBAd
FDDF|E>FGA B2 Bf|gef^d e/e/e e||