Annotation:Earl of Eglintoun (2)

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 EARL OF EGLINTOUN [2]. AKA - "The Earl of Eglinton." Scottish, Reel. B-Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Gow): AA'BB' (Skye). Composed for the 12th Earl of Eglinton, Hugh Montgomerie (1739-1819), to whom the Gow's dedicated their Fourth Collection (1800). Montgomerie was an amateur cellist and composer, in addition to his other endeavours.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 248. Gow (Fourth Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 2nd ed., originally 1800; p. 1. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 145. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; p. 131.  Recorded sources:

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