Annotation:Trois Grande Luthiers (Les)
X:1 T:Trois Grande Luthiers, Les M:C L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Slowly and gushingly." S:Skinner – The Scottish Violinist Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A (EF/G/) (A>B) (A/G/).F/.G/ (AE) | E.F/.G/ (Ac) (c/B/)(B/F/) {F}G2 | (EF/G/) (A>B) (A/G/).F/.G/ .A.c | eA d(c/{e}d/) {E/G/}B>>A A2 || (cd/e/) (AB/c/) (dc){c}.B.A | (GA/B/) (EA) .G.F E2 | (EF/G/) (A>B) (A/G/).F/.G/ Ac | eA d(c/{e}d/) {E/G/}B>>A A2 ||
TROIS GRANDE LUTHIERS, LES. Scottish, Air (whole time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Trois Grande Luthiers" was composed by wikipedia:James_Scott_Skinner (1843-1927) and is contained in his Scottish Violinist (1900) and Harp and Claymore (1904) collections. Skinner's note with his manuscript copy of the music reads: "To the immortal memory of Amati, Stradivarius and Guarnerius. This melody is dedicated to Croall’s famous [String] Quartet [at] 16 Abercromby Place, Edinburgh." Skinner references William Croall, Abercomby Place, Edinburgh, a luthier and collector of fine violins who owned several Stradivaris[1]
A violin made by Antonio Stradivari in 1684 was known as the Croall. Croall was generous with the instruments, allowing close and repeated inspection to friends and violin-makers, who also played upon them.
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- ↑ Croall owned four Stradivaris: the Lord Newlands of 1702, the Cessole of 1716, the Parke of 1711 and a fourth, then known as The Countess but now known as the Ex-Croall; McEwen. He also owned a Stradiviri viola and and Amati cello.