Annotation:Captain Ross (1)

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 CAPTAIN ROSS [1]. Scottish, Reel. A Major (most versions): G Major (Aird, Howe). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Athole, Gow): AABB (Aird, Bremner, Howe): AABB' (Kerr). The tune appears in the Bodleian Manuscript, residing in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. It is inscribed "A Collection of the Newest Country Dances Performed in Scotland written by D.A. Young, W.M. 1740". Glen (1891), evidently not knowing of the earlier publication, finds the earliest printing of the tune in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection. Alexander McGlashan printed it in his 1780 collection under the title "Earl of Seaforth's Reel (The)."  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Aird (Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), vol. II, 1782; No. 45, p. 17. Bremner (A Collection of Scots Reels), 1757; p. 8 (appears as "Captain Ross's Reel"). Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 414. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 3, 1806; p. 26. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 148. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 112, p. 14. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 22.  Recorded sources:

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