Annotation:Herr Roloff's Farewell

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 HERR ROLOFF'S FAREWELL. Scottish, Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Bain): AB (Skinner). Composed by J. Scott Skinner in honor of a musical friend (whom he called an 'Eminent Violinist and Composer, and eternal friend of S. S.") who helped him arrange his Harp and Claymore collection (1904). Skinner's manuscript copy attributes the arrangement of the melody to "Ad. L. Roloff".  Source for notated version:   Printed sources: Bain (50 Fiddle Solos), 1989; p. 19. Skinner (Harp and Claymore Collection), 1904; p. 158.     Recorded sources: Green Linnet GLCD 3105, Aly Bain - "Lonely Bird" (1996).

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