Issue 1506: Duplicate tunes (Mr) John Drewry ?

Object: John Drewry (Tune)
Submitter: Eric Ferguson (EricFerguson)
Assigned to: Viktor Lehmann
Priority: Normal
Disposition: Being handled
Description: There is a second tune by Muriel called Mr John Drewry (see http://my.strathspey.org/dd/tune/6045/). I would not expect Muriel to give two tunes such close names. I expect these are duplicates, that should be merged. Eric.

Previous Actions

Date Sept. 15, 2018, 9:52 p.m.
User Eric Ferguson (EricFerguson)

New issue submitted

Date Dec. 14, 2022, 12:05 a.m.
User Viktor Lehmann (tone2tone)

Assigned changed to »tone2tone« (previously »None«)
Disposition changed to »Being handled« (previously »New«)

I asked Muriel again, waiting for response.

Date Feb. 9, 2024, 11:54 a.m.
User Murrough Landon (murrough)

In the mean time I discovered that in the original of Marischal College (https://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/4179/) the tunes are listed as:

“Marischal College” by Nan Main and “John Drewry” by Nan Main.

Currently both https://my.strathspey.org/dd/tune/801/ and https://my.strathspey.org/dd/tune/6045/ have composer assigned as Muriel Johnstone. But probably one of them should be reassigned to Nan Main.

I also found that although https://my.strathspey.org/dd/tune/6045/ is currently named “Mr John Drewry” the original of Largo Bay (https://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/3710/) has ‘Tune - “John Drewry” composed by Muriel Johnstone’, with any “Mr”.

There are currently four recordings claiming to include tune #801. Three are strathspeys (as Largo Bay) and one is a jig. So I expect these need to be disentangled as well.