Annotation:Mrs. General Maxwell of Park Hill’s Reel

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 MRS. GENERAL MAXWELL (OF PARKHILL). Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Athole, Glen): AABB' (Kerr). Credited to Malcolm McDonald of Dunkeld by John Glen, the tune appears in his 4th collection, a volume dedicated to the Countess of Breadalbane. Parkhill is in Stirlingshire.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Glen (Glen Collection of Scottish Music), vol. 2, 1895; p. 20. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 95, p. 13. MacDonald (A Fourth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1797; p. 7. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 82.  Recorded sources:

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