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X:1 T:Lady Mary Montagu's Reel M:C L:1/8 R:Reel C:Ignatius Sancho B:Sancho – Twelve Country Dances for the Year 1779. Set for the Harpsichord (1779, p. 1) N:”Humbly Dedicated to the Right Honourable Miss North by her N:most obedient Servant Ignatius Sancho.” Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb Bdfd gefd|Bdfd cAcA|Bdfd gefd|cecA B2B2:| |:F2 DF FDFD|F2 DF B2d2|F2 DF FDFD|cecA B2B2:|]



LADY MARY MONTAGU'S REEL. English, Reel (whole time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The country dance and melody were composed by biography:Ignatius Sancho (1729-1780) and were first printed in his Twelve Country Dances for the Year 1779 (1779, p. 1). Sancho was a former slave who became emancipated and found advancement and patronage from the wealthy Montagu family, serving Lady Mary Churchill, Duchess of Monagu, as a butler, and later as valet to her son-in-law, George Brudenell, 4th Earl of Cardigan. Sancho published four collections of minuets, country dances and songs in the second half of the 18th century.

Lady Mary Montagu was the eldest daughter of Henry Scott, 3rd Ducke of Buccleuch and Lady Elizabeth Montague, daughter of George Brundenell.


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Printed sources : - Sancho (Twelve Country Dances for the Year 1779. Set for the Harpsichord), 1779; p. 1






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