Annotation:Delvin House (3)

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 DELVIN HOUSE [3]. Scottish, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune appears in the 3rd collection of Malcolm MacDonald of Dunkeld, a volume dedicated to Miss Drummond of Perth. It also was printed in John and Andrew Gow's A Collection of Slow Airs, Strathspeys and Reels (London, c. 1795). Andrew (1760-1803) and younger brother John (1764-1826) established a publishing business in London in 1788 and were the English distributors for the Gow family musical publications.  Source for notated version: John & Andrew Gow's Collection (c. 1792) [S. Johnson].  Printed sources: S. Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; p. 22. MacDonald (A Third Collection of Strathspey Reels), c. 1792; p. 12.  Recorded sources: See also listing at: Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index.

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