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'''BYER'S MAGGOT'''. AKA and see "[[Boyer's Maggot]]," "[[Captain Jas. Robertson 76th Regiment's Reel]]." English, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune appears under the "Byer's Maggot" title in the 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers. Unfortunately, nothing is known of him. However, the melody was printed in several London dance music publications as "Boyer's Maggot", including John Hinton's '''Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure''' (1758), David Rutherford's '''Choice Collection of Sixty of the Most Celebrated Country Dances''' (1750) and his '''Compleat Collection of 200 Country Dances''', vol. 2 (1760), and Charles and Samuel Thompson's 1765 collection. "[[Captain Jas. Robertson 76th Regiment's Reel]]" in Daniel McLaren's '''A Collection of Strathspey Reels''' (1794) has a similar first strain, although perhaps not cognate. | '''BYER'S MAGGOT'''. AKA and see "[[Boyer's Maggot]]," "[[Captain Jas. Robertson 76th Regiment's Reel]]." English, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune appears under the "Byer's Maggot" title in the 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers. Unfortunately, nothing is known of him. However, the melody was printed in several London dance music publications as "Boyer's Maggot", including John Hinton's '''Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure''' (1758), David Rutherford's '''Choice Collection of Sixty of the Most Celebrated Country Dances''' (1750) and his '''Compleat Collection of 200 Country Dances''', vol. 2 (1760), and Charles and Samuel Thompson's 1765 collection. "[[Captain Jas. Robertson 76th Regiment's Reel]]" in Daniel McLaren's '''A Collection of Strathspey Reels''' (1794) has a similar first strain, although perhaps not cognate. | ||
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''Printed sources'': Thompson ('''Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances''', vol. 2), 1765; No. 8. | ''Printed sources'': Thompson ('''Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances''', vol. 2), 1765; No. 8. | ||
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BYER'S MAGGOT. AKA and see "Boyer's Maggot," "Captain Jas. Robertson 76th Regiment's Reel." English, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune appears under the "Byer's Maggot" title in the 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers. Unfortunately, nothing is known of him. However, the melody was printed in several London dance music publications as "Boyer's Maggot", including John Hinton's Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure (1758), David Rutherford's Choice Collection of Sixty of the Most Celebrated Country Dances (1750) and his Compleat Collection of 200 Country Dances, vol. 2 (1760), and Charles and Samuel Thompson's 1765 collection. "Captain Jas. Robertson 76th Regiment's Reel" in Daniel McLaren's A Collection of Strathspey Reels (1794) has a similar first strain, although perhaps not cognate.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 8.
Recorded sources: