Arisaig Mist

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 Theme code Index    13b51H 3bH742
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Canada
 Genre/Style    Cape Breton/PEI
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    NONE
 Mode    Dorian
 Time signature    4/4
 History    CANADA(Maritimes/English)
 Structure    AABCCD
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Paul Stewart Cranford
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Winston Fitzgerald: A Collection of Fiddle Tunes
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 230, p. 92
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1997
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
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ARISAIG MIST. Canadian, Slow Air (4/4 time). D Dorian. Standard tuning. AABCCD. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler Wilfred Gillis of Arisaig, Nova Scotia. It was originally set in D Minor; changed to D dorian by Winston Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald and Gillis were both founding members of the group Cape Breton Symphony.

Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford].

Printed source: Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 230, p. 92.