Annotation:Mr. Barclay Dun's Hornpipe
X:1 T:Mr. Barclay Dun’s Hornpipe M:C| L:1/8 R:Hornpipe B: John Morison - A Collection of New Strathspey Reels, with a few favourite Marches (Edinburgh, c. 1797, No. 12) N:Organist and fiddler Morison (1772-1848) was from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, the easternmost point in Scotland, N:on the North Sea. Alburger notes that failing fortunes forced him to diversify: he also organized balls and ran N:a ship's chandlery. N: Morison also composed “Miss Jessie Dun’s Strathspey” and “Mr. David Dun’s Strathspey.” F:https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Collection_of_New_Strathspey_Reels_wit/Vo-EymUbJkYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22john+morison%22+%22new+strathspey+reels%22%C2%A0&pg=PP1&printsec=frontcover K:Bb F2|TB2 dB cdec|defd e2e2|dfdB cecA|Bcdc BAGF| TB2 dB cdec|defd e2e2|dfdB cecA|.[D2F2B2] .[D2F2B2] .[D2F2B2]:| |:de|fbag gfed|Tg>abg Tf2f2|Bbag (gf).e.d|(cde).c BAGF| fbag (gf).e.d|Tgabg Tf2f2|dfdB cecA|.[D2F2B2] .[D2F2B2] .[D2F2B2]:|
MR. BARCLAY DUN'S HORNPIPE. Scottish, Hornpipe (cut time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Mr. Barclay Dun's Hornpipe" was composed by John Morison (1772-1848), a fiddler and, for a time, organist at St. Peter's Chapel, Peterhead. Morison was from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, the easternmost point of Scotland and a port town on the North Sea. He had a small fiddle band for playing dances, but he supported himself, as many musicians did, with diversification. Alburger notes he also organized balls and ran a ship's chandlery; he also tuned pianos and organs and copied out music, but eventually he went bankrupt (at least once). Morison published two collections; the first around 1797 and the second in 1815.
The title possibly refers to Barclay Dun (1771–1843/1844?), who was an Aberdeen dancing-master. Barclay married Helen (b. 1777), the daughter of John Duthie and his wife, Bathie. They had children including Finlay Dun (1795–1853), a composer and violinist, who was born in July, 1795, in Aberdeen. Morison also composed tunes for others with the Dun surname: “Miss Jessie Dun's Strathspey” and “Mr. David Dun's Strathspey.”
