Annotation:Honorable Miss Elphinstone’s Reel (The)

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HONORABLE MISS ELPHINSTONE'S REEL, THE. Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Scottish dancing master and musician Biography:Duncan MacIntyre (c. 1767-1708), who established a practice in Edinburgh, but who moved to London in the 1790's. It was in the English city that he published his 1794 collection, dedicated to Lady Charlotte Campbell. See also his other tune for Ms. Elphinstone, "Honorable Miss Elphinstone's Fancy (The)."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: MacIntyre (A Collection of Slow Airs, Reels and Strathspeys), 1794; p. 2.

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