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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.

Location(s):

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Aberdeen University Library
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Birmingham University Library
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Cambridge University Library
GB-DRu
University Library, Durham
GB-DUcl
Dundee Central Library (Wighton Collection)
GB-En
National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
GB-Ep
Edinburgh City Library
GB-Eu
Edinburgh University Library
GB-Gm
Mitchell Library, Glasgow
GB-Grc
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow
GB-Gu
University of Glasgow Library
GB-Lam
Royal Academy of Music, London
GB-Lbl
British Library, London
GB-Lcm
Royal College of Music, London
GB-Lcs
Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, Cecil Sharp House, London
GB-Mp
Manchester Public Library
GB-Mr
Manchester University Library
GB-NTu
Newcastle University Library
GB-Ob
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
GB-P
A K Bell Library, Perth
GB-SA
Saint Andrews University Library
GB-SHE
Sheffield University Library
IRL-Dn
National Library of Ireland, Dublin
IRL-Dtc
Trinity College Dublin

GB-Gu Ca11-y.15 (44)

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