The British Musical Biography

[E] Petrie, Robert, musician and violinist,
born at Kirkmichael, Perth, February, 1767.
He was a teacher, and played at many con-
certs, balls, etc. Drowned when returning
liome from a party, in August, 1830. He com-
posed four " Collections of Strathspey Reels
and country dances, with a bass for the
violoncello," etc., London and Edinburgh
,[1790] . The other collections differ but
slightly in the titles. Some of these collec-
tions had a large circulation, being issued in
editions of over 1,000 to subscribers. In his
third collection the well-known air " Comin'
through the Rye " appears in its original
form as the " Miller's daughter," Strathspey,
and as altered by John Watlen now forms the
melody usually sung with Burns's song.

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