Annotation:Pride of the Don Waltz

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PRIDE OF THE DON WALTZES, THE. Scottish, Waltz. Composed by Peter Milne (1824-1908), a Scottish fiddler, one of J. Scott Skinner’s teachers and, later, a fiddling partner. Milne managed to make a living playing theater venues all over Scotland, but became addicted to opium in the drug laudanum, which he originally took as a pain-killer. He ended his life in reduced circumstances, busking on the ferry that crossed the Firth of Forth. The melody is considered among those of Milne’s better compositions.

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Printed sources: Anderson (The Elphinstone Collection).

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