Annotation:Captain Francis Wemyss Delight

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 CAPTAIN FRANCIS WEMYSS DELIGHT. Scottish, Strathspey. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Captain Francis Wemyss RN died in Paris on 29th ult (January), 1817. He often attended the Chicken Pye Club (formed in 1760 by a group of landed proprietors in Fife), but on that January night in Paris he was despondent, having lost the sum of 1,200£ at a gaming table, and shot himself. Wemyss was the nephew of General Erskine, and a relation of the Duke of Gordon. The second tune honoring Wemyss in John Bowie's (1759-1815) collection entitled A collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances with bass for violincello or harpsichord (1789). Bowie was a musician from Perth, who eked out a living by concertizing, playing balls (which he sponsored with his brother Peter, then provided the music for), teaching, and selling music and musical instruments. See also Bowie's strathspey "Captain Francis Wemyys."  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 149, p. 18.  Recorded sources:

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