The Athole Highlanders' Farewell to Loch Katrine explained

The Athole Highlanders Farewell to Loch Katrine
Cover:	File:Loch Katrine by Alexander Nasmyth, 1810.JPG
Caption:	Loch Katrine, setting of the march, by Alexander Nasmyth, 1810
Composer:	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]

External links

• University of Aberdeen: facsimile of manuscript, with audio file of tune
• Tune Archive: transcribed music, with annotations

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Athole Highlanders Farewell to Loch Katrine . Music of James Scott Skinner . . 6 July 2014.
2. Web site: The Athole Highlanders Farewell to Loch Katrine . Tune Archive.
3. Web site: The Athole Highlanders Farewell to Loch Katrine . Tobar an Dualchais. 31 December 2016.
4. Web site: Two recordings of a tune named St. Kilda Wedding With a tune named The Bridge Of Bamore . The Session.
5. Web site: Bagpipes (anonymous). National Library of Scotland. 31 December 2016.
6. Web site: Bellows & bows [sound recording] : historic recordings of traditional fiddle & accordion music from across Canada ]. Yok University, Canada . 31 December 2016.