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Annotation:Lady Madelina Sinclair's Reel (2)
X:1 T:Lady Madelina Sinclair’s Reel [2] C:Robert Mackintosh M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Robert Mackintosh – “A Fourth Collection of New Strathspey Reels, also some Famous old Reels” (1804, p. 38) 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:Bb d|B2 (D/E/F) EGFA|(B/c/d/e/ f)B A(ccd)|BfAf GBFB|EcFA BB,B,:| f|(d/c/B) (df) gBfB|ecdB A(ccf)|(d/c/B) (Af) eBFd|GcFA BB,B,f| (d/c/B) (df) gBfB|(e/d/c) (d/c/B) A(ccd)|ecGE dBFD|EGFA B/B/B B||
LADY MADELINA SINCLAIR'S REEL [2]. AKA and see "Lady Betty Boyle." Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Lady Madelina Sinclair's Reel (2)" is another instance of composer biography:Robert Mackintosh retitling one of his older reels for his Fourth Collection of New Strathspey Reels (c. 1804), somewhat disingenuously as the only thing 'new' about the composition is the title (although there were a number of newly composed tunes in the volume). His "Lady Betty Boyle" was printed in his Airs, Minuets, Gavotts and Reels (1783, p. 32).
