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Marshall, William


Biographical info

Marshall (1748-1833) was a fiddler and composer, born in Fochabers, employed as house steward to the Duke of Gordon. (Glen 2, v-vii; Alburger; Bulloch; Cowie)
His father Francis Marshall was both fiddler and shoemaker in Fochabers to the Duke of Gordon. (Keith Sanger, correspondence, source: National Records of Scotland BD44/51/295/2/38)

Sources authored by

Title Year
Marshall's Scottish Airs [1822?]
Marshall's Scottish Airs (Second Edition) [1844?]
A Collection of Strathspey Reels 1781
Volume 2nd. of a Collection of Scottish Melodies [1845]
Kinrara 1800
The Marchioness of Huntly's strathspey & reel [1814-15]
Mrs Henry Lumsden's strathspey [1816-18]
The Marchioness of Cornwallis's strathspey [1805-11?]