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|f_annotation='''MADAM(E) FREDERICK.''' AKA - "Madame Frederick's Dance." AKA and see "[[Miss Rose Blackhall's Strathspey]]," "[[Recovery (2) (The)]]," "[[Ramage (Le)]]," "[[Royal Recovery (The)]]." Scottish, Strathspey ("Slow when not danced"). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Mackintosh): AABB (White). Composed by [[Biography:William Marshall]] (1748-1833), and named after a celebrated dancer of the Edinburgh Opera House who often danced at Gordon Castle, where Marshall was employed. Marshall's first title for the melody was "[[Recovery (2) (The)]]," but because it was Madam Frederick's favorite tune to dance to, he later changed the title in her honor. Emmerson (1972) records that the danseuse was appearing at the Edinburgh Theatre Royal in 1797 dancing to one of Marshall's strathspeys, and suggests that it was the one later called after her. | |f_annotation='''MADAM(E) FREDERICK.''' AKA - "Madame Frederick's Dance." AKA and see "[[Miss Rose Blackhall's Strathspey]]," "[[Recovery (2) (The)]]," "[[Ramage (Le)]]," "[[Royal Recovery (The)]]." Scottish, Strathspey ("Slow when not danced"). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Mackintosh): AABB (White). Composed by [[Biography:William Marshall|William Marshall]] (1748-1833), and named after a celebrated dancer of the Edinburgh Opera House who often danced at Gordon Castle, where Marshall was employed. Marshall's first title for the melody was "[[Recovery (2) (The)]]," but because it was Madam Frederick's favorite tune to dance to, he later changed the title in her honor. Emmerson (1972) records that the danseuse was appearing at the Edinburgh Theatre Royal in 1797 dancing to one of Marshall's strathspeys, and suggests that it was the one later called after her. | ||
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Marshall's version of the reel was entered into the huge 19th century music manuscript collection[https://jamesbarrymusic.ca] of dairy farmer, miller, sometime printer and bookbinder, and fiddler [[biography:James Barry|James Barry]] (1819-1906) of Six Mile Brook, Pictou County, northern Nova Scotia. | |||
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