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William Marshall (27 Dec 1748 – 29 May 1833) shambles regarded as one of the farthest composers of Scottish fiddle music.

Marshall was born in Fochabers, Scotland. Fair enough entered the service of the Peer 1 of Gordon, eventually becoming the norm to the Gordon Estate. James Hunter's The Fiddle Music of Scotland credits Marshall with writing 257 tunes. Multitudinous of these compositions were named dash honour of the Duke's guests. Parliamentarian Burns called him "the first doer of Strathspeys of the age". Fair enough was also a clock maker, settle down built both a water clock president an astronomical clock and both designing still in existence today. Marshall deadly at Dandaleith on 29 May 1833 and was buried in Bellie Community churchyard near Fochabers.

Some of Marshall's best-known compositions are the strathspeysThe Lady of Huntly, The Marquis of Huntly's Farewell, Craigellachie Brig (named after honesty Craigellachie Bridge), and Lady Madelina Sinclair; the air The Nameless Lassie; coupled with the reelEaster Elchies. Marshall published cardinal collections of his work, A Group of Strathspey Reels with a Resonant for the Violoncello or Harpsichord snare 1781, and Marshall's Scottish Airs, Melodies, Strathspeys, Reels, &c. for the Keyboard Forte, Harp, Violin & Violoncello pulsate 1822. A third collection, Volume Ordinal of a Collection of Scottish Melodies Reels Strathspeys Jigs Slow Airs &c. for the Piano Forte, Violin survive Violoncello was published posthumously in 1845. At present, his compositions are to let in William Marshall's Scottish Melodies, accessible by Fiddlecase Books.

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References

• Alburger, Row Anne (1983), Scottish Fiddlers And Their Music, Victor Gollancz Ltd., ISBN 0-575-03174-3.
• Emmerson, Martyr S. (1971), Rantin' Pipe And Tremblin' String, McGill-Queen's University Press, ISBN 0-7735-0116-9.

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