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X:1 T:Hilton Lodge M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey B:Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4 (1796, No. 5, p. 2) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D (f/g/)|a<da>f geTef/g/|ada>f d>faf|g>ef>d eE-E>F|D>Fd>F A2 A:|| F|DFdF GE-EF|D>FdF A>dF>d|A<dF<d eE-EF|D>FdF A2 AF| D>FdF GEEF|D>Fd>F A<dF<d|GeFd Ee-ef/g/|fdec d2 d||



HILTON LODGE. Scottish, Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (most versions): AABB' (Kerr). Composed by the renowned Dunkeld, Perthshire, fiddler-composer Niel Gow (1727-1807). The Johnston family of Hilton were subscribers to Gow's Third Collection, for which he wrote several tunes in their honor, including "Hilton Lodge" and "Miss Johnston of Hilton's Fancy." The Johnston daughters, Lucy and Margaret, were musicians (See "annotation:Miss Lucy Johnston's Compliments to Niel Gow"). Margaret was married at Hilton Lodge to Robert Steuart Esq. of Alderston, "late of Calcutta", in the Spring of 1802.


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Printed sources : - Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4), 1796; No. 5, p. 2. Campbell (10th Book of New and Favorite Country Dances), 1795; p. 4. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 74. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music, vol. 2), 1895; p. 19. Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 1792; p. 6 (3rd ed.). Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2), c. 1880's; No. 88, p. 12. Joseph Lowe (Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, book 2), 1844–1845; p. 16. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 118. Robert Mackintosh (A Fourth Collection of New Strathspey Reels, also some Famous old Reels), 1804; p. 13. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 71. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pp. 96-97.



See also listing at :
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]



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