Magdalene Stirling (1765 – 1846) was a Scottish composer best known for ''Twelve Tunes Composed by Miss Stirling of Ardoch'', which she had printed privately in 1796.
Stirling was the youngest of five daughters born in
Ardoch,
Perthshire
Perthshire (Scottish English, locally: ; ), officially the County of Perth, is a Shires of Scotland, historic county and registration county in central Scotland. Geographically it extends from Strathmore, Angus and Perth & Kinross, Strathmore ...
, to Christian Erskine and Sir William Stirling, the 4th Baronet of Ardoch. She was friendly with
Niel and
Nathaniel Gow, who published some of her compositions. Gow sometimes published Stirling’s works without attribution, or “as composed by Miss Stirling of Ardoch.”
Stirling’s fiddle and instrumental tunes include:
*''Ardoch House''
*''Boyne Hunt''
(also known as ''Molly Maguire'' or ''Perthshire Hunt'')
*''Colonel Noel’s Fancy
''
*''Countess of Sutherland’s
Strathspey''
*''Dear Lamb
''
*''Dunira Lodge
''
*''Earl of Elgen’s Strathspey
''
*''Honorable
Charles Bruce’s Reel
''
*''
Lord Torphichen’s Strathspey'' (also known as ''Lord Torphichen’s Favorite'')
*''Mr. Stirling of Keir’s Reel
''
*''
Perthshire Volunteers''
*''Sir William Stirling’s Strathspey
''
*''Twelve Tunes Composed by Miss Stirling of Ardoch
''
*''Wager
''
View compositions by Magdalene Stirling
References
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Scottish composers
Scottish women composers
1765 births
1846 deaths
British women composers
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