BLACKHALL ROCKS. Scottish, Slow Air. A modern composition by Ged Foley, for a time guitarist for Scotland's Battlefield Band, based on a Northumbrian rant tune. Flying Fish FF-250, Battlefield Band - "Home is Where the Van Is" (1981).
MADAM(E) FREDERICK. AKA and see "The Recovery," "Miss Rose, Blackhall." Scottish, Strathspey ("Slow when not danced"). A Major. Standard. AB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833), and named after a celebrated dancer of the Edinburgh Opera House who often danced at Gordon Castle, where Marshall was employed. Actually, Marshall's first title for the melody was "The Recovery," but because it was Madam Frederick's favourite tune to dance to, he later changed the title in her honor. Emmerson (1972) records that the danseuse was appearing at the Edinburgh Theatre Royal in 1797 dancing to one of Marshall's strathspeys, and suggests that it was the one later called after her. It was first published by Gow in 1791 (in the 2nd Repository), with no credit to Marshall, and appears first as "Madam Frederick" in Abraham Mackintosh's 2nd Collection. In R. Petrie's 2nd Collection it appears under the title "Miss Rose, Blackhall." Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1986; pg. 28. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 136. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, pg. 15. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 29. Greentrax CDTRAX 9009, Hector MacAndrew (1903-1980) - "Scottish Tradition 9: The Fiddler and his Art" (1993). "James F. Dickie's Delights" (1976).
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MISS ROSE, BLACKHALL. AKA and see "Madam Frederick," "The Royal Recovery."
MRS. RUSSELL OF BLACKHALL. Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard. AAB. Composed by Robert 'Red Rob' Mackintosh. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 163.
ROYAL RECOVERY, THE. AKA and see "Madam Frederick," "Miss Rose, Blackhall." Scottish, Slow Strathspey. D Major (Williamson): A Major (Gow). Standard. AABB (Williamson): AB (Gow). Williamson (1976) says the title of the tune probably refers to the reassumption of rule by the exiled Stuart Kings. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 210. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 2, 1802; pg. 8. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; pg. 65.
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