Annotation:John Reynolds
X:1 T:John Reynolds M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air or Jig N:the title “John Reynolds” is followed by a question mark in the MS. Q:"Allegro Moderato" S:”From James Barton” S:Henry Hudson manuscript collection c. 1841 (Dublin, No. 245) N:Hudson was a Dublin dentist and an early collector. He was N:music editor of The Citizen or Dublin Monthly Magazine from N:1841-1843. B:The Dublin Magazine, June 1842. F: http://rarebooks.library.nd.edu/digital/bookreader/MSE_1434-2/#page/7/mode/1up Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d|cBA B/c/dG|FDD GEE|FAA ABA|FAA A2e| fd/e/f/d/ geg|fdB Bcd|ec/d/e/c/ fdf|ecA ABc| dB/c/d/B/ cAA|BGG AFF|BAF EFA|(B3 B2):| |:(c/d/)|FDD FDD|GEE GEE|FAA ABA|FAA A2g| fd/e/f/d/ ge/f/g/e/|fd/e/f/d/ ecA|B2c d2e|dB/c/d/B/ AFD| B2E EFE|GE/F/G/E/ FGA|B>cd edc|(d3 d2):|]
John Reynolds. Irish, Air or Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Mid-19th century collector Henry Hudson was straining to attribute this piece to the bard Carolan, but had no shred of evidence with which to do so, forcing him to conclude that it was "in his style".
