The British Musical Biography

[E] Marshall, William, violinist and com-
poser, born at Fochaliers, December 27, 1748.
House steward and butler to the Duke of
Gordon till 1790. In 1773 he married Jane
Giles, by whom he had a family of five sons
and a daughter. Farmer at Keithmore, and
factor to the Duke of Gordon, 1790-1817.
He died at Newfield Cottage, Dandaleith,
Rothes, Elginshire, May 29, 1833, and is
buried in Bellie Churchyard.

[W] Works. — A Collection of Strathspey Reels,
with a bass for the Violoncello or Harpsichord,
Edinburgh, Neil Stewart [1781] . A second
collection appeared later. Marshall's Scot-
tish Airs, Melodies, Strathspeys, Reels, etc.,
for the pianoforte, violin, and violoncello,
with appropriate basses. Dedicated to the
Marchioness of Huntly, Edin., 1822 [con-
taining 170 airs] . Collection of Scottish
Melodies, Reels, Strathspeys, Jigs, Slow Airs,
etc., for the pianoforte, violin, and violoncello,
being the genuine and posthumous works of
William Marshall, Edinburgh, 1847. Choice
Selection of Reels and Strathspeys, Edin-
burgh, n.d. (with Gow).

[+] Marshall is best known as a composer by
his melodies " Of a' the airts the wind can
blaw " (" Miss Admiral Gordon's Strathspey "),
" This is no my ain house," " The wind blew
the bonnie lassie's plaidie awa," and several
others, all of which were dance tunes which
have been adapted to poetry.

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