Corimonie's Rant

 CORI(E)MONIES RANT. AKA and see "Miss Brown's Reel." Scottish, Strathspey. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Athole, Glen, Gow, Johnson): AABB' (Kerr). Composition of the melody is credited to Daniel Dow (1732-1783) by Kerr, Glen and others. Linscott (1939) says only "it is very old." Glen (1981) finds the earliest printing of the tune in Daniel Dow's c. 1775 collection (p. 21). Printed sources: Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; p. 6. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 3, 1806; p. 37. S. Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; p. 44. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 141, p. 17. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 90. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pp. 136-137. Recorded sources: Greentrax CDTRAX 9009, Donald MacDonell (1888-1967) - "Scottish Tradition 9: The Fiddler and his Art" (1993).

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