Annotation:Doctor (3) (The)

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 DOCTOR [3], THE. Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Scots fiddler-composer J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927), in honor of Dr. Keith Norman MacDonald (1834-c.1906), editor of The Skye Collection (1887) and The Gesto Collection of Highland Music (two volumes, 1895 & 1898). MacDonald was a medical physician and an amateur musician and enthusiastic supporter of Scottish music. Skinner dedicated his "Harp and Claymore" collection to him, and noted on the manuscript copy of this tune, "To Dr Keith Norman Macdonald compiler of the Famous Skye Collection 'and unwavering patron & friend of the composer'."  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; p. 56.  Recorded sources:

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