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PRINCE ALBERT'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Bill Hardie (1986) says, "This strathspey was frequently played at 'Auchencruive' and New Deer by my grandfather, Jim Dickie and Jim's brother, John Dickie of Turriff. John was also a prominent violinist and an outstanding tin whistle player."

Source for notated version: Bill Hardie's grandfather, William Hardie Jr. (c. 1856-1944) [Hardie].

Printed sources: Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1986; p. 31. Milne (Middleton’s Selection of Strathspeys, Reels &c. for the Violin), 1870; p. 24.

Recorded sources:

See also listing at:
Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]




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