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Salute MacIntosh of Borlum’s

Title

Alternative Title

Failte Mhic-An-Toisich Bhorluim

Artist

Andrew Wright, Ian Morrison, Herve Le Floc'h

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Borlum was a celebrated Jacobite, responsible for the capture of Inverness in 1715. He was captured at the Battle of Preston, and charged with treason. He escaped the night before his trial, fled to France, and returned with an army which was defeated at Glenshiel. He was again captured and died in captivity in Edinburgh Castle in 1743, aged 85. A man of enterprise and daring, he was an early aboriculturist.

Judges note 2012

An attractive tune, with distinct similarities to Black Donald's March, and presenting no technical difficulties. It differs from Black Donald's March in that it falls into a mixture of two-bar and one-bar phrases, rather than two-bar phrases throughout, making it more of a challenge from a musical point of view. Another challenge of the tune is the timing of the short notes before the cadences in the ground. It was thought that these notes would probably best be treated as connecting notes, with more emphasis given to the theme notes.

The last phrase in line 1, and elsewhere, in the ground is thought to be unique to this tune, and may be timed in various different ways - the first B might be cut and the low A lengthened, or the final B played short.

In the thumb variation, there can sometimes be a tendency to rest too long on the high As, whereas they should generally be no longer than the notes in the ground which they replace.

In the taorluath singling it was felt that the short connecting notes before the triplets should be given full value and not rushed over.

NB There were errors in the first (1970) edition of Book 12, corrected in later editions. These were as follows:

Taorluath singling:

bar 6 lines 1 and 2: B should have D grace note, not E

bar 2 line 3: last note should be low A not low G

Taorluath doubling:

bar 6 line 1: second note should be B not C

Crunluath singling

bar 6 line 1: B should have D not E grace note

bar 3 line 2: last two notes should be low A and low G. not B and low A

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Angus MacKay Manuscript V2 MacIntosh of Borlum's Salute
Kintarbert (Angus MacKay) Manuscript The Laird of Borlum's Salute (MacIntosh of Borlum's Salute) 12
Peter Reid's Manuscript MacIntosh of Borlum's Salute
David Glen's Book Salute, Mackintosh of Borlum’s
Colin Cameron Manuscript 80 Failte Fear Bhorlum The Laird of Borlunds Salute
Angus MacKay Specimens of Canntaireachd Fear Bhorlum