Annotation:Fallen Chief (The)

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 FALLEN CHIEF, THE. Scottish, Slow Air or Lament (6/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Composed by J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927) as a dirge in memorial of dancer and piper Willie MacLennan who died tragically in Canada while touring with Skinner in 1893. He wrote the tune on the back of a letter that he sent to his pupil, James McPherson of Kirriemuir.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 30.  Recorded sources:  See also listing at: Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index

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