Annotation:Miss Johnston of Hilton's New Strathspey

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X:1 T: Miss Johnston (of Hiltons) new Strathspey C: M:C L:1/8 K:F S:Robert Mackintosh - Sixty Eight New Reels (1793) A/B/|c<F!trill!A>G F2 FA/B/|c<FA>c d/c/B/A/ G<d|c<FA>F D<FC<F|E/F/G C>B A<FF:| c|f<ca>g f2 {g}fe/d/|c<FA>f d/c/B/A/ G>e|f<ca<f d<fc<f|(B/c/d) !trill!c>B AFFc| f<c!trill!a>g f2 {g}fe/d/|c<FA>f d/c/B/A/ G>e|A<fB<f c<fd<f|egce f2 {g}fe/d/|]



MISS JOHNSTON OF HILTON'S NEW STRATHSPEY. AKA and see "Mrs. Oswald of Auchincruives—New (2)." Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. When Lucy Johnston of Hilton married wealthy merchant Richard Oswald, fiddler-composer Robert Mackintosh updated the name of his strathspey to reflect her married name in one of his later publications.


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Printed sources : - Robert Mackintosh (Sixty Eight New Reels Strathspeys and Quicksteps), 1793; p. 1.






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