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'''LADY MONTGOMERY('S REEL) [1]'''. AKA and see "[[Cuddy's Fancy]]," "[[Guiry's Reel]]," "[[Miss Montgomery's]]." AKA - "[[Lady Mary Montgomrie's Reel]]." Scottish, Reel. D Major (Cole/Ryan, Kennedy): B Flat Major (Athole, Honeyman, Hunter, Kerr, Martin & Hughes, Skye, Surenne, Wilson): C Major (Cranford/Fitzgerald, Jones). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Athole, Cranford, Honeyman, Hunter, Jones, Kennedy, Kerr, Skye): AABB (Cole): AABB' (Martin & Hughes). The reel was composed by Colonel Hugh Montgomerie (1749-1819), and is frequently the vehicle for the dance "The Montgomerie Rant" (having either replaced "[[Lord Eglintoune]]" or positioned first in the medley). | '''LADY MONTGOMERY('S REEL) [1]'''. AKA and see "[[Cuddy's Fancy]]," "[[Guiry's Reel]]," "[[Miss Montgomery's]]." AKA - "[[Lady Mary Montgomrie's Reel]]," "[[Montgomerie's Rant]]." Scottish, Reel. D Major (Cole/Ryan, Kennedy): B Flat Major (Athole, Honeyman, Hunter, Kerr, Martin & Hughes, Skye, Surenne, Wilson): C Major (Cranford/Fitzgerald, Jones). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Athole, Cranford, Honeyman, Hunter, Jones, Kennedy, Kerr, Skye): AABB (Cole): AABB' (Martin & Hughes). The reel was composed by Colonel Hugh Montgomerie (1749-1819), and is frequently the vehicle for the dance "The Montgomerie Rant" (having either replaced "[[Lord Eglintoune]]" or positioned first in the medley). | ||
[[File:montgomerie.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton. By John Singleton Copley]] | [[File:montgomerie.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton. By John Singleton Copley]] | ||
Montgomerie was an interesting character--an amateur but talented Scots fiddler who loved his native music, he was "singularly tongue-tied" and had trouble expressing himself in words. Serving in the English army in the American campaigns, he became the 12th Earl of Eglintoun, and was elected Member of Parliament for Ayrshire. "He took over the Eglinton policies with a grand conception of his role as laird, instituted many improvements, maintained a splendid stable and fine equipages, and appointed a family piper" (Emmerson, 1971). Poet Robert Burns dubbed him 'Sodger Hugh'. The English dance band Muddy York plays a 'G' chord for the first six measures of the 'A' part for variety. Paul Cranford (1997) remarks that Cape Breton fiddler Johnny Wilmot had an Irish variant in the key of D with a third tune in the related minor. Gow (1817) directs "Slow, with expression." See also the related "[[Rising Sun (3)]]" and the P.W. Joyce's "[[Guiry's Reel]]." The alternate title "[[Cuddy's Fancy]]" comes from W.A. Cocks collection. One of the oddest appearances of the tune is on the barrel organ from the polar expedition of Admiral Parry of 1810. In place of a ship's fiddler (common in those days), Parry introduced a mechanical barrel organ on board ship to provide entertainment and a vehicle to which the men could exercise (i.e. by dancing). "Lady Montgomery's Reel" was one of eight tunes on barrel no. 4. Fiddler Hugh Gillespie [http://www.ramblinghouse.org/2009/07/hugh-gillespie-1906-1986/] (1906-1986), an immigrant to New York from County Donegal, recorded a version in 1938 under the title "[[Miss Montgomery's]]." | Montgomerie was an interesting character--an amateur but talented Scots fiddler who loved his native music, he was "singularly tongue-tied" and had trouble expressing himself in words. Serving in the English army in the American campaigns, he became the 12th Earl of Eglintoun, and was elected Member of Parliament for Ayrshire. "He took over the Eglinton policies with a grand conception of his role as laird, instituted many improvements, maintained a splendid stable and fine equipages, and appointed a family piper" (Emmerson, 1971). Poet Robert Burns dubbed him 'Sodger Hugh'. The English dance band Muddy York plays a 'G' chord for the first six measures of the 'A' part for variety. Paul Cranford (1997) remarks that Cape Breton fiddler Johnny Wilmot had an Irish variant in the key of D with a third tune in the related minor. Gow (1817) directs "Slow, with expression." See also the related "[[Rising Sun (3)]]" and the P.W. Joyce's "[[Guiry's Reel]]." The alternate title "[[Cuddy's Fancy]]" comes from W.A. Cocks collection. One of the oddest appearances of the tune is on the barrel organ from the polar expedition of Admiral Parry of 1810. In place of a ship's fiddler (common in those days), Parry introduced a mechanical barrel organ on board ship to provide entertainment and a vehicle to which the men could exercise (i.e. by dancing). "Lady Montgomery's Reel" was one of eight tunes on barrel no. 4. Fiddler Hugh Gillespie [http://www.ramblinghouse.org/2009/07/hugh-gillespie-1906-1986/] (1906-1986), an immigrant to New York from County Donegal, recorded a version in 1938 under the title "[[Miss Montgomery's]]." | ||
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LADY MONTGOMERY('S REEL) [1]. AKA and see "Cuddy's Fancy," "Guiry's Reel," "Miss Montgomery's." AKA - "Lady Mary Montgomrie's Reel," "Montgomerie's Rant." Scottish, Reel. D Major (Cole/Ryan, Kennedy): B Flat Major (Athole, Honeyman, Hunter, Kerr, Martin & Hughes, Skye, Surenne, Wilson): C Major (Cranford/Fitzgerald, Jones). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Athole, Cranford, Honeyman, Hunter, Jones, Kennedy, Kerr, Skye): AABB (Cole): AABB' (Martin & Hughes). The reel was composed by Colonel Hugh Montgomerie (1749-1819), and is frequently the vehicle for the dance "The Montgomerie Rant" (having either replaced "Lord Eglintoune" or positioned first in the medley).
Montgomerie was an interesting character--an amateur but talented Scots fiddler who loved his native music, he was "singularly tongue-tied" and had trouble expressing himself in words. Serving in the English army in the American campaigns, he became the 12th Earl of Eglintoun, and was elected Member of Parliament for Ayrshire. "He took over the Eglinton policies with a grand conception of his role as laird, instituted many improvements, maintained a splendid stable and fine equipages, and appointed a family piper" (Emmerson, 1971). Poet Robert Burns dubbed him 'Sodger Hugh'. The English dance band Muddy York plays a 'G' chord for the first six measures of the 'A' part for variety. Paul Cranford (1997) remarks that Cape Breton fiddler Johnny Wilmot had an Irish variant in the key of D with a third tune in the related minor. Gow (1817) directs "Slow, with expression." See also the related "Rising Sun (3)" and the P.W. Joyce's "Guiry's Reel." The alternate title "Cuddy's Fancy" comes from W.A. Cocks collection. One of the oddest appearances of the tune is on the barrel organ from the polar expedition of Admiral Parry of 1810. In place of a ship's fiddler (common in those days), Parry introduced a mechanical barrel organ on board ship to provide entertainment and a vehicle to which the men could exercise (i.e. by dancing). "Lady Montgomery's Reel" was one of eight tunes on barrel no. 4. Fiddler Hugh Gillespie [1] (1906-1986), an immigrant to New York from County Donegal, recorded a version in 1938 under the title "Miss Montgomery's."
Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford].
Printed sources: Anderson (Anderson's Budget of Strathspeys, Reels & Country Dances), c. 1820; p. 14. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 11. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 116, p. 47. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 4, 1817; p. 15. Henderson (Flowers of Scottish Melody), 1935. Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; p. 28. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 268. Jones [ed.] (Complete Tutor Violin), c. 1815; p. 3. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 97, p. 24. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; Set 27, No. 4, p. 17. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 125. Martin & Hughes (Ho-ro-gheallaigh), 1990; p. 13. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 35. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 278. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; p. 5. Wilson (Companion to the Ball Room), 1815; p. 63.
Recorded sources: BOOT 7244, Muddy York - "Scatter the Ashes" (Canadian variant). Culburnie Records CUL 121D, Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas - "Fire and Grace" (2004). Green Linnet SIF 1077, Capercaillie - "Crosswinds" (1987). Saydisc SDL 234, Parry's Barrel Organ (vol. 11 in the Golden Age of Mechanical Music).
See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [2]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [3]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [4]