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|f_annotation='''MR. OSWALDS OF DUNNIKIER'S REEL.''' Scottish, Reel (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Mr. Oswalds of Duinnikeer's Reel" was composed by [[biography:James Walker]] (1771-1840), a musician, fiddler-composer and music teacher of Dysart, Fife, Scotland. The tune is named for [[wikipedia:James_Townsend_Oswald]] (1748 - 1814), a wealthy merchant and politician of Kirkcaldy, Fife, whose estate was Dunnikier House, built in 1790. In 1776 Oswald was elected MP for Fife until he resigned on being appointed Auditor of the Exchequer of Scotland on 2 July 1779. Together with the St Clair family, the Oswalds were the political powerhouses in Fife in the latter 18th century. See also Walker's "[[Mrs. Oswald of | |f_annotation='''MR. OSWALDS OF DUNNIKIER'S REEL.''' Scottish, Reel (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Mr. Oswalds of Duinnikeer's Reel" was composed by [[biography:James Walker]] (1771-1840), a musician, fiddler-composer and music teacher of Dysart, Fife, Scotland. The tune is named for [[wikipedia:James_Townsend_Oswald]] (1748 - 1814), a wealthy merchant and politician of Kirkcaldy, Fife, whose estate was Dunnikier House, built in 1790. In 1776 Oswald was elected MP for Fife until he resigned on being appointed Auditor of the Exchequer of Scotland on 2 July 1779. Together with the St Clair family, the Oswalds were the political powerhouses in Fife in the latter 18th century. See also Walker's "[[Mrs. Oswald of Dunnikeer (2)]]." | ||
|f_printed_sources=James Walker ('''Collection of new Scots reels, strathspeys, jigs, &c.'''), c. 1795; p. 5. | |f_printed_sources=James Walker ('''Collection of new Scots reels, strathspeys, jigs, &c.'''), c. 1795; p. 5. | ||
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MR. OSWALDS OF DUNNIKIER'S REEL. Scottish, Reel (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Mr. Oswalds of Duinnikeer's Reel" was composed by biography:James Walker (1771-1840), a musician, fiddler-composer and music teacher of Dysart, Fife, Scotland. The tune is named for wikipedia:James_Townsend_Oswald (1748 - 1814), a wealthy merchant and politician of Kirkcaldy, Fife, whose estate was Dunnikier House, built in 1790. In 1776 Oswald was elected MP for Fife until he resigned on being appointed Auditor of the Exchequer of Scotland on 2 July 1779. Together with the St Clair family, the Oswalds were the political powerhouses in Fife in the latter 18th century. See also Walker's "Mrs. Oswald of Dunnikeer (2)."
