Annotation:Mrs. Johnston's Reel (2)
X:1 T:Mrs. Johnston's Reel [2] C:Donald Grant M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Donald Grant – Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. (1820-21, p. 11) B:The volume was perhaps first issued c. 1790, from a penciled note in a copy. N:The collection was dedicated to Mrs. Col. Grant of Grant (“Sir James and N:Lady Grant of Grant”). S: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105813837 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A|d2 fd B2 ed|cABc dA FD|d2 fd B2 ed|cABc d2d:| g|{g}f2 df gfed|cABc dA FD|{g}f2df gfed|cABc {c}d2 dg| {g}f2 df gfed|cABc dA FD|dfdf cecA|Bgec {c}d2d||
MRS. JOHNSTON'S REEL [2]. AKA - "Mrs. Johnston." AKA and see "Glen Ogle." Scottish, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Scottish fiddler-composer and dancing master biography:Donald Grant (c. 1769-c. 1839), who published it in his first collection (c. 1790), a volume dedicated to his patron Mrs. Colonel Grant of Grant. Grant was born in Elgin, and Baptie (Musical Scotland, 1894) records that "at the end of the last (18th) century he published two collections of 'Strathspey Reels, Jigs' etc. Baptie notes that a Donald Grant died at Elgin in 1839, but he does not know if it was the same person or not. Grant's two sons, John (c. 1799-1825) and Francis, both played the violin. "Mrs. Johnston" was later called “Glen Ogle.”
