In article <000901c291bb$f46903b0$a6ae989e@computername>, David Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does anyone have any information about the tune 'The Maids of > Arrochar'? I see it listed on Nigel's ABC site (as a jig, but I've > only heard it as a slow 6/8) as coming from the Gow collection, but > does anyone know whether Gow wrote it? In the Gesto Collection (1895) p35, it says "The Maids of Arrochar" is by John Macdonald, Dundee, but doesn't give any more information. It's also in the Skye Collection where it has the same attribution. As to whether it's played much, I haven't heard it played at all, that I can remember. However, I transcribed it after an Irish musician had heard it in a session in the USA. Now I can't find that correspondence, so I can't remember the details. I can ask him again. -- Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/gatherer/ Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
