Annotation:Mr. David Dun's Strathspey
X:1 T:Mr. David Dun’s Strathspey M:C| L:1/16 R:Strathspey B: John Morison - A Collection of New Strathspey Reels, with a few favourite Marches (Edinburgh, c. 1797, No. 10) N:Organist and fiddler Morison (1772-1848) was from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, the easternmost point N:in Scotland, on the North Sea. Alburger notes that failing fortunes forced him to diversify: he also N:organized balls and ran a ship's chandlery. N:Morison also composed “Miss Jessie Dun’s Strathspey” and “Mr. Barclay Dun’s Hornpipe.” F: https://web-cdn.org/s/153/file/Free-Downloads/John-Morison/Morison_J.pdf K:F A2|C3FA3F c2F2f2d2|c2A2 (d/c/).B/.A/ BGTG3A|C2F2A2F2 c2A2c2f2|d2f2Tc3B A2F2F2:| c2|Tf3g {fg}a2g2 f2c2f2a2|d2f2 dcBA G2g2 g3a|Tf3g {fg}a2g2 f2c2d2f2|d2f2 c3B A2F2F2c2| Tf3g {fg}a2g2 f2c2f2a2|T(d3f) (d/c/).B/.A/ G2g2g3a|b3ga3e f3ec3A|d3fc3B A2F2F2||
MR. DAVID DUN'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey (cut time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Mr. David Dun's Strathspey" 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.
Morison also composed “Miss Jessie Dun's Strathspey” and “Mr. Barclay Dun's Hornpipe.”
