Annotation:Mr. A.G. Wilken's Favourite

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 MR. A. G. WILKEN'S FAVOURITE. Scottish, Solo Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by the great Scottish fiddler and composer J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927) as a 'solo' strathspey, meaning a strathspey for listening, not for dancing. The Mr. Wilken of the title was an amateur violinist from village of Ellon, Aberdeenshire.  Source for notated version: Bill Hardie (Scotland) [A. Hardie].  Printed sources: Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1992; p. 72. Skinner (Miller o' Hirn Collection), 1881.  Recorded sources:

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