The Countess of Dalhousie's Strathspey
by Gow, Nathaniel & Mrs. Robertson of Lady-Kirk
Full title: The Countess of Dalhousie's Strath[spe]y Composed by Nath: Gow. and the Ridicule, a Reel (as a Medley) composed by Mrs. Robertson of Lady-Kirk. To which are added Three Favourite Tunes.
Publisher: Edinburgh: Gow & Shepherd
Printer: Printed and sold by Gow and Shepherd, 16 Princes Street, Edinburgh.
Date: [1808-1809?]
Notes:
Evidently an arrangement by Nathaniel Gow with simple bassline and with rubric 'May be played slowly when not danced'. The third item is also by Nathaniel Gow:' Lady Charlotte Durham', which appeared in Gow & Sons' A fifth collection of strathspey reels of 1809.
RISM: R1794
Biographical info: Niel Gow (1727-1807), father of the famous Gow family, lived in Inver near Dunkeld. (Glen 2, viii-xiv; Grove; Alburger; Murdoch, 41-48) Gow's fourth son Nathaniel (1763-1831), violinist and Edinburgh publisher, was perhaps the most famous of the siblings; but his brothers William, John and Andrew also traded in music (John and Andrew in London). Nathaniel's son, Niel Junr., lived 1795-1823.
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