Countess of Cassillis (1)

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Theme code Index	1113 115L2L
Also known as	Countess of Cassillis's Strathspey
Composer/Core Source	Nathaniel Gow
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Strathspey
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Niel & Nathaniel Gow
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Fourth Collection of Niel Gow's Reels
Tune and/or Page number	p. 2
Year of publication/Date of MS	1800
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COUNTESS OF CASSILLIS [1]. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Nathaniel Gow (1766-1831). The ballad "Johnnie Faa" tells of the abduction of the Countess of Cassillis by the gypsy chieftain Faa, and his subsequent execution by the enraged Earl. She was then imprisoned for the remainder of her life in Cassilis Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire. The Countess of Cassillis in Gow's time was Margaret (1772-1848), daughter and heiress of John Erskine, who married Archibald Kennedy, the 12th Earl of Cassillis, in 1793. They had six children, all of whom survived to adulthood. She also became the Marchioness of Ailsa in 1831, after her husband was raised Marquess.

Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 29. Gow (Fourth Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 2nd ed., originally 1800; p. 2. Köhlers’ Violin Repository, Book 2, 1881-1885, p. 122.

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T:Countess of Cassillis's Strathspey [1]
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L:1/8
N:"Slow"
R:Strathspey
B:Gow - Fourth Collection of Niel Gow's Reels (1800)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
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