Annotation:Marchioness Salute (The)
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MARCHIONESS SALUTE, THE. AKA - "Failte na Banamharc." Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "These two (also "Merry Lads and Bonny Lasses") form a medley of the editors, in compliment to the Marchioness of Huntly, and commemorative of the mirth defused among all ranks in the north, by the almost universal celebration of the nuptials of the noble pair" (Fraser). Fraser refers to Elizabeth Brodie [1] (1794–1864), only daughter and heiress of Alexander Brodie of Arnhall, who married in 1813 a soldier, George Gordon, Marquis of Huntly and later the 5th Duke of Gordon. Historic Earls and Earldoms of Scotland gives:
Shortly afterwards he settled at Huntly Lodge—a modern mansion which stands on a fine elevated site, near the edge of the forest of Binn, about a quarter of a mile from the old Castle of Strathbogie, and on the opposite side of the river Deveron. In this mansion the Marquis and Marchioness of Huntly resided for fourteen years. During this period they became much respected and beloved by the people of Huntly and the surrounding district.
She spent much of her life in religious devotion, particularly after the death of her husband (who was twenty-five years older than she).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1816; No. 212, p. 87. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 230.
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