Annotation:House of Cairnfield (The)

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 HOUSE OF CAIRNFIELD, THE. Scottish, Strathspey. E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). A Scottish fiddler and composer, Marshall is most famous for his many fine strathspeys. Marshall worked for much of his life for the Duke of Gordon as the Steward of his Household, and it is fortunate that the Duke was an enthusiastic supporter and patron of Marshall's music. The House of Cairnfield was a Gordon family seat built in 1802 near the burn of Gollachy, Portgordon, Scotland. As the name 'cairnfield' suggests, it was built on an old Pictish site (Moyra Cowie, The Life and Times of William Marshall, 1999).  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, p. 24.  Recorded sources:

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