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|f_annotation='''LADY COLLINGWOOD'S FAVORITE.''' Scottish, | |f_annotation='''LADY COLLINGWOOD'S FAVORITE.''' Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Lady Collingwood's Favorite" was composed by Newcastle fiddler-composer [[biography:Abraham Mackintosh]]" and published in small issue around 1805. Lady Collingwood was born Sarah Blacket (1762 - 1819), daughter of John Erasmus Blackett, a well-to-do merchant and four times mayor of Newcastle. She married in 16 June, 1791, in Newcastle to a Post-Captain, Cuthbert Collingwood (1750-1810). Her husband, when named vice-admiral, was created Baron Collingwood of Caldburne and Hethpoole. Collingwood was second-in-command at the Battle of Trafalgar and engaged the enemy first, taking full command on Nelson's death. However, he lost many of the prize ships by neglecting Nelson's last order. Besides that action he blockaded Cadiz 1797-8, Brest 1799-1805 and Toulon 1808-10, and eventually died at sea. Theirs was a very happy marriage despite long periods of absence when Collingwood was on naval duties. Lady Collingwood died at Tynemouth in 1819, nine years after her husband. Mackintosh's next tune in the two-sheet issue was "[[21st of October (The)]] or The Battle of Trafalgar". | ||
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It is possible Lady Collingwood was an attendee at Mackintosh's dances in Newcastle, but honoring the most famous member of an influential family in the municipality was also a tried method of seeking patronage. | |||
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|f_printed_sources= | |f_printed_sources=Mackintosh ('''Three Favorite Tunes'''), c. 1805; p. 1. | ||
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LADY COLLINGWOOD'S FAVORITE. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Lady Collingwood's Favorite" was composed by Newcastle fiddler-composer biography:Abraham Mackintosh" and published in small issue around 1805. Lady Collingwood was born Sarah Blacket (1762 - 1819), daughter of John Erasmus Blackett, a well-to-do merchant and four times mayor of Newcastle. She married in 16 June, 1791, in Newcastle to a Post-Captain, Cuthbert Collingwood (1750-1810). Her husband, when named vice-admiral, was created Baron Collingwood of Caldburne and Hethpoole. Collingwood was second-in-command at the Battle of Trafalgar and engaged the enemy first, taking full command on Nelson's death. However, he lost many of the prize ships by neglecting Nelson's last order. Besides that action he blockaded Cadiz 1797-8, Brest 1799-1805 and Toulon 1808-10, and eventually died at sea. Theirs was a very happy marriage despite long periods of absence when Collingwood was on naval duties. Lady Collingwood died at Tynemouth in 1819, nine years after her husband. Mackintosh's next tune in the two-sheet issue was "21st of October (The) or The Battle of Trafalgar".
It is possible Lady Collingwood was an attendee at Mackintosh's dances in Newcastle, but honoring the most famous member of an influential family in the municipality was also a tried method of seeking patronage.
