Annotation:Mrs. Walter Biggar

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X:1 T:Mrs. Walter Biggar’s Strathspey M:C| L:1/8 R:Strathspey B:Daniel McLaren – Collection of Strathspey Reels, etc. (1794) K:Gmin B/c/|d<BB<G d<B TB2|A<cTc>B A<FFB/c/|d<BB<G d<B B2|c<fF>A BGGB/c/| d<BB<G d<B TB2|A<cTc>B A<FFB/c/|d<BB<G G,>g g2 f<dc>d|B<GG|| d|g>dTd>c B<G Tg2|f>dc>B A<F Tf2|g>dTd>c B<d Tg2|A<ccd/A/ BGGd| g>dTd>c B<G Tg2|f>dc>B A<F Tf2|g>dB<g f>cA<f|TD<dc>d BGG,||



MRS. WALTER BIGGAR. AKA and see "Miss Alicia Heggie." Scottish, Strathspey. G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Composed by Daniel McLaren of Taymouth, of whom little is known except that he was a musician active in Edinburgh in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Miss Alicia Heggie married merchant Walter Biggar at St. Cuthberts Church, Edinburgh, on April 27th, 1793. See also note for McLaren's "Mr. Walter Biggar's Strathspey" for more.


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Printed sources : - Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music, vol. 2), 1895; p. 38. McLaren (Collection of Strathspey Reels etc.), 1794.






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