Does anyone have the fourth volume of Gow's Complete Repository? If so,
can you look on page 22 and tell me whether or not "The Bonnie Lass of
Ballantrae" or "The Lass of Ballantrae" (nice reel in F) is credited to
Fraser? Joseph Lowe credited the reel to Captain Fraser (Simon, I'm
assuming) in his 1844 collection. The reel doesn't seem to be in either of
the Fraser collections we have here, but using Charlie Gore's index, I
found that it is in Gow. It seems possible, judging from the dates, that
Fraser composed it but I wouldn't have thought it likely that a tune of his
would be in Gow. On the other hand, I never looked into it before.
- Kate
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Kate Dunlay & David Greenberg
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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