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X:1
T:Sir David Hunter Blair
M:C
L:1/16
R:Strathspey
B:Robert Mackintosh – “A Fourth Collection of New Strathspey Reels, also some Famous old Reels” (1804, p. 24)
N:Dedicated to the Dutchess [sic] of Manchester
N:Robert “Red Rob” Mackintosh (c. 1745-1808) was a Scottish violinist and
N:composer active in Edinburgh at the end of the 18th century. Originally from
N:Tullymet, near Pitlochry, Perthshire. He moved to London in the last decade
N:of his life.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
f4 c3d c3dc3d|c2e2 a4 c2f2 a4|b4 f3a g3ag3a|g2f2e2f2 g2e2 c4:|
|:a2f2 T(f2ef) c2f2A2c2|F2A2c2f2 e2g2 T(g2fg)|a2f2 T(f2ef) c2f2A2c2|F2A2c2f2 g2e2 f4:|]
X:27
T:Sir David Reel. WCa.27
T:AKA - "Sir David Hunter Blair"
M:C
L:1/8
Q:1/2=80
S:Wm. Calvert MS, 1812, Leyburn, Yorks.
R:Reel
O:England
A:Yorkshire, N
N:Each note is accompanied by the violin fingering..CGP..
Z:vmp.Chris Partington, May 2003
B:Village Music project, Calvert, William
K:D major
d2A>B A>B A>B|A>df2A>df2|g2e>f e>f e>f|e>d c>e e>cA2:|!
|:f>dd2GdFA|DFBd cee2|f>dd2AdFA|DFAc e>cd2:|
W:Accompanied by fiddle fingering in MS.
X:1
T:Sir David Hunter Blair's Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817, No. 22)
N:McGahon was a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in
N:Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a
N:teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little
N:else is known about him. A few tunes in the ms. are written in other N:hands.
B:Pádraigín Ní UIallacháin – “A Hidden Ulster” (2003, p. 444)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
{f}g2 {d}e2 d>ed>e|d>g b2 d>gb2|c'2 a>b a>ba>b|a>gf>g a>f d2:|
|:bg Tg2 dgB>d|G>Bd>g fa a2|bg Tg2 d>gB>d|G>Bd>g af g2||
X:1
T:Sir David Hunter Blair
M:C
L:1/8
B:John Burks music manuscript collection dated 1821
N:Nothing is known of Burks, although the provenance of his
N:ms. is English. His music ms. surfaced in the United States, and had
N: possibly been in the possession of his descendants until the
N:mid-20th cent.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
f2 c>d c>d c>d|c>f a2 c>f a2|b2 g>a g>a g>a|g>f e>f g>e c2:|
|:a>f~f2 cf Ac|FA cf e>g ~g2|a>f ~f2 cf Ac|FA cf g>e f2:|]
X:228
T:Sir David Hunted Blaise
O:No 228 Wm Clarke of Feltwell
Z:Transcribed by M Humphreys May 2010
M:C
L:1/8
K:C
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