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X:1 % T:Bridge of Alford [2], The M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey B:Alexander Walker – Collection of Strathspeys, Marches, Reels & c. B:(Aberdeen, 1866, p. 67) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Gmin F|G<G,B,>D G>AB>c|F<CA>G F3A|G<G,B,>D G>AB>c| B/A/B/c/ d>^F (G2G):|B|G<g Tg2 d>gb>g|a>fg>d f>cA>F| G>DF>D D>B,C>A,|B,/G,/B,/C/ D<B, G,2 F|G<g g2 d<gb>g| a>fg>d f>cA>c|B>AG<g A>FA>f|A>Fd>^F (G2G)|| F::http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105875851?mode=zoom



BRIDGE OF ALFORD [2], THE. Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by biography:Alexander Walker, born in Rhynie, Strathbogie, in 1819. He worked as a gardener for Sir Charles Forbes of Castle Newe, who became his patron. At about age 50, in 1870, Walker followed family and emigrated to the United States where he settled in Northampton, Massachusetts. He established a prosperous farm there and continued to compose (although unfortunately his American output appears to be lost).

The title refers to a single span bridge over the River Don at Alford, Aberdeenshire, designed by the renowned engineer Thomas Telford, and constructed in 1812-1814 by William Minto. It was one of 120 bridges in Britain designed and built by Telford.
The Bridge at Alford


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Printed sources : - Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.), 1966; No. 195, p. 67.

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