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 Theme code Index    3H1H53 3H1H2H4H
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:John Morison
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    C
 Accidental    NONE
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    SCOTLAND(North East)
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:John Morison
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:A Collection of New Strathspey Reels with a few favourite Marches
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 22
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1797
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 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Peterhead Assembly M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B: John Morison - A Collection of New Strathspey Reels, with a few favourite Marches (Edinburgh, c. 1797, No. 22) N:Organist and fiddler Morison (1772-1848) was from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, the easternmost point in Scotland, on the North Sea. Alburger notes that failing fortunes forced him to diversify: he also organized balls and ran a ship's chandlery. F:https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Collection_of_New_Strathspey_Reels_wit/Vo-EymUbJkYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22john+morison%22+%22new+strathspey+reels%22%C2%A0&pg=PP1&printsec=frontcover K:C g|ec c/c/c GcEc|ec c/c/c defg|ec c/c/c GcEc|efed c/c/c c:| g|ec c/c/c acgc ec c/c/c defg|ec c/c/c acgc|efed c/c/c cg| ec c/c/c acgc|ec c/c/c defg|ec c/c/c acc/c/c|efed c/c/c c||