Countess of Breadalbane

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Theme code Index	113L1L 4L6L4L2
Also known as	Countess of Breadalbane's Favorite Strathspey
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Strathspey
Key/Tonic of	B
Accidental	2 flats
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Malcom MacDonald
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Fourth Collection of Strathspey Reels (A)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 1
Year of publication/Date of MS	1797
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COUNTESS OF BREADALBANE. AKA - "Countess of Breadalbane's Favorite Strathspey." Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The melody appears in Malcolm McDonald's 1797 Fourth Collection, a volume dedicated to the Countess of Breadalbane (his second collection had previously received the patronage of Earl of Breadalbane). The countess was Mary Turner Gavin, daughter of David Gavin and Lady Elizabeth Maitland, who married Lt.-Gen. Sir John Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane, in 1793. Upon his death in 1834 she became one of the richest widows in Scotland.

Printed source: Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; p. 30. MacDonald (A Fourth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1797; p. 1. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 294.

X:1
T:Countess of Breadalbane
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection  (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Bb
F|~B>cBF D/E/F/D/ B,>D|E>F G/F/E/D/ E>Cc>G|~B<F G>B F>BE>g|f>B e/d/c/B/ F<B ~B:||
g|f2 e/d/c/B/ f>Bb>B|e>f e/d/c/B/ A<c c>g|f2 e/d/c/B/ f>Bb>B|f<B e/d/c/B/ F<B ~B>g|
f2 e/d/c/B/ f<B b>d | e>f e/d/c/B/ A<c c>d|~B>cB>F D/E/F/D/ B,>g | f>B e/d/c/B/ F<B~B ||

X:2
T:Countess of Breadalbane's Favorite Strathspey
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
N:"Slow"
S:MacDonald - 4th Collection of Strathspey Reels (1797) 
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Bb
F | B>cBF D/E/F/D/ B,>D | E>F G/F/E/D/ ECcG | BFGB FBEg | f>b e/d/c/B/ FB B :| 
g | f2 e/d/c/B/ fdbd | e>f e/d/c/B/ Accg | f2 e/d/c/B/ fdbd | f>B e/d/c/B/ FBBg | 
f2 e/d/c/B/ fBbd | e>f e/d/c/B/ Acc>d | B>cBF D/E/F/D/ B,>g | f>B e/d/c/B/ FBB ||