Annotation:Farewell (1) (The)

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 FAREWELL [1], THE. Scottish, Slow Strathspey or Marching Air (whole time). E Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Marshall): AAB (Cranford/Holland). Composed by an elderly William Marshall (1748-1833), of Fochabers, Morayshire; it was his musical farewell to his home of Keithmore, which Marshall left at age 74, having resided there 33 years. It was published posthumously in his A Second Collection of Scottish Melodies (the 1845 Collection). Other tunes with the same title were published earlier by James Aird and John Anderson.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 144, p. 54. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition; 1845 Collection, p. 35.  Recorded sources: EMI Music, Puirt a Baroque (David Greenberg) - "Bach Meets Cape Breton" (1995).  See also listings at: Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index

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