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Annotation:Miss Spence's Reel
X:1 T:Miss Spences Reel M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:J. Hoseason music manuscript, Yell, Shetland, 1862 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D f|d/d/d AG F2 AF|EECE c3e|d/d/d AG F2 AF|AAFA d3:| g|(f/g/a) (fd) fafd|(e/f/g) (ec) egec|(f/g/a) (fd) f/a/f/d/|(e/f/g) ec d3d| f>af>d f>af>d|e>ge>c e>ge>c|f>af>d fafd|egec d3:|]
MISS SPENCE’S REEL. AKA - "Lady Spence's Reel," "Spencie's Reel." Shetland, Reel. D Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The original music for "Miss Spence's Reel" is from the J. Hoseason Manuscript[1] (1862), Yell, Shetland, where there is a note "Composed by John Anderson, Voe, (in 1759) and played by him in the late Mr. Neven of Windhouse's family at Reafirth at a Christmas party, the majority of Ladies, Miss Spences, and the Reel got their name" (Cooke, 1986). With so many Miss Spence's, how could he miss? The tune was miss-titled "Lady Spence's Reel" on the 2004 recording by Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas. The reel is included in the standard Shetland set called the Yell Reels, consisting of "Ferrie Reel," "Lay Dee at Dee (1)" and "Miss Spence's Reel."
- ↑ James Hoseason (1805-1867), born at East Yell, Shetland, one of eight siblings. His father and one of his brothers was named Hosea Hoseason. The ms. contains a couple of pages of music notation, copies of which can be found in The Irvine Papers [1862-3] (Shetland Isles Library and Museum, Lerwick). A copy is in Appendix 7 of Peter Cooke's "The Shetland Isles" ms. at the Edinburgh Research Archive.
