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Definition of Strathspeys
1. strathspey [n] - See also: strathspey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strathspeys
Literary usage of Strathspeys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Civilisation in Scotland by John Mackintosh (1896)
"In 1778 he published several collections of strathspeys and airs. He gave many
concerts; and was a good teacher. He died at Edinburgh in 1797. ..."
2. The Highland Bagpipe: Its History, Literature, and Music, with Some Account by Wiliam Laird Manson (1901)
"1888 — HENDERSON — Henderson's Bagpipe Collection of Marches, strathspeys, and
Reels, extending to 138 tunes. Edited and published by Peter Henderson, ..."
3. Biographical Dictionary of Musicians: With a Bibliography of English by James Duff Brown (1886)
"He excels most in the strathspeys, which are jigs played with a peculiar spirit
and life, but he executes the laments, or funeral music, with a great deal ..."
4. Musical Scotland, Past and Present: Being a Dictionary of Scottish Musicians by David Baptie (1894)
"His second book had sixty- eight new reels, strathspeys, quick steps, etc., with
a bass. The third collection had sixty-eight new reels and about forty ..."
5. A History of Moray and Nairn by Charles Joseph Galliari Rampini (1897)
"merit of touch on the other; and so inspiring was the effect, that when he played
reels or strathspeys, the inclination to dance on the part of old and ..."
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