Annotation:Mrs. Reid of Kilcalmkill's Strathspey

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X:1 T:Mrs. Reid of Kilcalmkill's Strathspey C:Donald Grant M:C L:1/16 R:Stathspey B:Donald Grant – Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. (1820-21, p. 16) B:The volume was perhaps first issued c. 1790, from a penciled note in a copy. N:The collection was dedicated to Mrs. Col. Grant of Grant (“Sir James and N:Lady Grant of Grant”). S: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105814002 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A,2|D4 (GF).E.D F3Ad3B|A3D (GF).E.D E3B,B,E3|D4 (GF).E.D FA3d3B|A3FE3A F2[D2F2][D2F2]A,2| D4 (GF).E.D F3Ad3B|A3D (GF).E.D E3B,B,E3|D4 (GF).E.D FA3d3B|A3FE3A F2[D2F2][D2F2]|| A2|d3ef3d e3cd3A|F3Ad3f g3ee3f|d3ef3d e3cd3B|A3FE3A F2D2D2A2| d3ef3d e3cd3A|F3Ad3f g3ee3g|(3f2d2f2 (3e2c2e2 (3d2c2B2 (3A2G2F2|G3BA3c d3D D2||

MRS. REID OF KILCALMKILL'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The title perhaps refers to Alexandrina MacKay, who married Gabriel Reed in 1805 in Caithness. Reed was a leading Sutherland sheep farmer whose Kilcalmkill farm stretched from Strathbrora to the Strath of Kildonan.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Donald Grant (Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c.), 1820-21; p. 16.

Recorded sources : - Scots Disc SDL-001, Ron Gonnella - "Scottish Violin Music" (1966). Jimmy Lindsay and His Scottish Dance Band - "Music For Twelve Traditional Dances Book 28" (1977).

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