Annotation:Mrs. James Duff

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 MRS. JAMES DUFF. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The melody was composed by Issac Cooper of Banff (b. 1755-d. 1810 or 1811, although sometimes the year is given as 1820), a music teacher and dancing master. It appears in his Collection of Strathspeys, Reels and Irish Jigs for the Piano-Forte & Violin to which are added Scots, Irish & Welch Airs Composed and Selected by I. Cooper at Banff (London, Edinburgh, c. 1806).  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; p. 2. Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; p. 7.  Recorded sources:

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