Annotation:House of Skene (The)

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 HOUSE OF SKENE, THE. Scottish, Slow or "Pastoral" Air (4/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by James Davie (1783-1857) of Aberdeen, a music-seller, theatre-player and teacher. The melody was first printed in the Caledonian Repository, 2nd Series (1850-55). The House of Skene, Aberdeenshire, was built upon, and incorporates a much older structure.  Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford].  Printed sources: Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 218, p. 87. Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1992; p. 94. Henderson (Flowers of Scottish Melody), 1935.  Recorded sources: Scots Disc SDL-001, Ron Gonnella - "Scottish Violin Music" (1966)

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