Annotation:Miss Stewart’s Strathspey—Pittyvaich

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 MISS STEWART'S STRATHSPEY (PITTYVAICH). Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Moyra Cowie (The Life and Times of William Marshall, 1999) finds that Katherine Stewart was born to Ludovick and Margaret Stewart of Pittyvaich.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: MacDonald (Skye Collection), 1887; p. 68. Marshall (Fiddlecase Edition), 1978; 1822 Collection, p. 40.  Recorded sources: Rounder RO7023, Natalie MacMaster - “No Boundaries” (1996. Learned from the playing of Willie Kennedy).

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