Annotation:Drumin (1)

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 DRUMIN [1]. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Scots fiddler-composer J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927). Skinner's handwritten note on his original manuscript reads: "To W. Skinner Esq. Factor, Drumin, in whose possession lies one of Wm. Marshall's violins." William Marshall (1748-1833) of Fochabers, was the butler and steward of the Duke of Gordon, an inventor, mathemetician, clock maker, and skilled violinist and composer.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Skinner (The Scottish Violinist), 1900; p. 6. Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; p. 73.  Recorded sources:

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