Four New Tunes
by Bowie, John
Full title: Four New Tunes Composed by John Bowie. Huntingtower near Perth. With the Addition of the Old Sett of the Braes of Marr.
Publisher: Edinburgh: John Bowie
Printer: Printed for the Author
Notes:
2 slow airs, 2 strathspeys and a reel. Simple four-beat basslines with occasional dyads given in small notes. The tunes (not listed by Gore) are 'The Loyal Farmer's Strathspey', 'Glenarton Forrest.', 'Miss Augusta Murray Ochtertyre's Strathspey.', 'Miss Muir Mackenzie's Reel.', and 'The Braes of Marr. Old Sett.'
RISM: B4035
Biographical info: John Bowie (1759-1815) was a Perth musician and composer of dance tunes from 1785, commencing as a music-seller in 1803, in partnership with T. Hill. Bowie and his brother, piano-teacher Peter Bowie, gave annual balls. (Glen 1, xii-xiii)
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