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MISS C. ELPHINSTONE. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Scottish dancing master and musician Biography:Duncan MacIntyre (c. 1767-1807), who established a practice in Edinburgh, but who moved to London in the 1790's. It was in the English city that he published his 1794 collection, dedicated to Lady Charlotte Campbell. His collection contained several tunes named for various members of the Elphinstone family.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; p. 1. MacIntyre (A collection of Slow Airs, Reels and Strathspeys), c. 1795; p. 14.

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