Annotation:John Roy Stewart (1)

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 JOHN ROY STEWART/STUART. AKA and see "Raza's Reel." Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Athole, Gow, Honeyman, Skye): AABB' (Kerr): ABCD (Glen, McGlashan): AABCD (Skinner). Composed by Alexander McGlashan (1740-1797), who was nicknamed 'King' for his attention to extravagant apparel. Hardie (1992) says he has the "two-fold distinction" of having taught violin to Nathaniel Gow and employing him as a cellist in his dance band. John Glen (1891) finds the tune first in print in McGlashan's collection. John Roy Stewart was a Jacobite agent and a descendant of "The Wolf of Badenoch;" he was the last person to be knighted by the Old Pretender. Paul Stewart Cranford suggests this tune was perhaps the progenitor of the "Maud Miller"/"Julia Delaney" tune family in Ireland. The tune was included in the John Rook ms., 1840; Rook was a musician from Waverly, Cumbria.   Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Aird (Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3), 1788; p. 176. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), 1891, vol. 1; p. 22. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 1, 1799; p. 26. Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; p. 25. Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1992; p. 58. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 183, p. 21. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 150. McGlashan (Collection of Strathspey Reels), c. 1780/81; p. 30 (appears as "John Roy Stewart's Reel"). Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; p. 122. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 208. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pp. 130-131.  Recorded sources:  See also listings at: Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources

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