| ID |
JSS0570 |
| Title |
Rosabell |
| Document Reference |
Hend Inst Gow s |
| Format |
242 x 338 mm |
| Medium |
Printed Music sheet |
| Item Type |
Printed Collection |
| Subject |
Scottish Music, Strathspey |
| Item Description |
This slow strathspey was 'Composed and communicated by Miss Murray of Auchtertyre' (about three miles from Crieff, Perthshire), so is an undeniable example of the work of a woman composer of traditional dance music. She may be the Euphemia Murray of Auchtertyre to whom Robert Burns wrote his poem 'Blythe Was She' on a visit there in 1787: / By Oughtertyre grows the aik, / On Yarrow banks the birken shaw; / But Phemie was a bonier lass / Than the braes o' Yarrow ever saw. The tune was first published in Gow's Fifth Collection |
| Creator |
Miss Murray of Auchtertyre |
| Arranger |
Nathaniel Gow |
| Publisher |
Gow & Shepherd, North Bridge Street, Edinburgh
|
| Time Period |
18th Century |
| Associated Dates: Manuscript |
jss0569 |
| Location |
University of Aberdeen |
| Collection Name |
Gow's Repository, Volumes 1-7 in one |
| Copyright |
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/historic/documents/copyright |
