The Athole Highlanders' Farewell to Loch Katrine
| "The Athole Highlanders Farewell to Loch Katrine" | |
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 Loch Katrine, setting of the march, by Alexander Nasmyth, 1810 | |
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| Composer(s) | William Rose |
The Athole Highlanders Farewell to Loch Katrine is a popular Scottish bagpipe march in 2/4 time composed by William Rose. in the 1890s. It is in the key of A Mixolydian. James Scott Skinner called it "The King of Pipe Marches".[1] It appears in the album The Strathspey King in two of the medleys, namely Bagpipe Marches and the Cradle Song medley.[2] The music was recorded in Maybole, Ayrshire in 1963 by the School of Scottish Studies.[3] It was included in a collection, Traditional Fiddle Music Of Cape Breton Volume 1: Mabou Coal Mines.[4] It is in a historic recording from London made before July 1898, played on the bagpipes, possibly by the piper John MacKenzie Rogan or Henry Forsyth.[5] It is also in a historic recording of traditional fiddle and accordion music from Canada.[6]
References
- ^ "The Athole Highlanders Farewell to Loch Katrine". Music of James Scott Skinner. University of Aberdeen. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
- ^ "The Athole Highlanders Farewell to Loch Katrine". Tune Archive.
- ^ "The Athole Highlanders Farewell to Loch Katrine". Tobar an Dualchais. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "Two recordings of a tune named St. Kilda Wedding With a tune named The Bridge Of Bamore". The Session.
- ^ "Bagpipes (anonymous)" (PDF). National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "Bellows & bows [sound recording] : historic recordings of traditional fiddle & accordion music from across Canada". Yok University, Canada. Retrieved 31 December 2016.