View source for Annotation:Josephine's Reel

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|f_annotation='''JOSEPHINE'S REEL'''. &nbsp;Canadian, Reel (cut time). &nbsp;Canada, Nova Scotia. &nbsp;C Minor. &nbsp;Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Josephine's Reel" was composed by dairy farmer, miller, sometime printer and bookbinder and fiddler [[biography:James Barry|James Barry]] (1819-1906) of Six Mile Brook, Pictou County, northern Nova Scotia. &nbsp;Barry named it for his eldest daughter (born around 1862), his favorite in the family and the person he doted on. &nbsp;Unfortunately, Barry's marriage (to Isabella "Bell" MacLennan) was not a particularly happy one, and after a decade they were largely estranged. &nbsp;They managed to produce children, however, including Josephine and her younger sister Elizabeth (b. 1867).
|f_see_also_listing=See James Barry's music manuscript [https://jamesbarrymusic.ca]<br>
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