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|f_annotation='''HARLEQUIN REEL'''. | |f_annotation='''HARLEQUIN REEL'''. Scottish, Reel (cut time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody is contained in the '''Drummond Castle Manuscript, Part 2''' (1734, No. 37), inscribed "A Collection of the best Highland Reels written by David Young, W.M. & Accomptant." The MS. is sometimes called the "Duke of Perth Manuscript" because of Young's dedication. An identical version of "Harlequin's Reel" was also entered into Young's '''MacFarlane Manuscript Part 2''' (c. 1740, No. 193, p. 237), compiled for his patron at the time, Walter MacFarlane of MacFarlane. | ||
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HARLEQUIN REEL. Scottish, Reel (cut time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody is contained in the Drummond Castle Manuscript, Part 2 (1734, No. 37), inscribed "A Collection of the best Highland Reels written by David Young, W.M. & Accomptant." The MS. is sometimes called the "Duke of Perth Manuscript" because of Young's dedication. An identical version of "Harlequin's Reel" was also entered into Young's MacFarlane Manuscript Part 2 (c. 1740, No. 193, p. 237), compiled for his patron at the time, Walter MacFarlane of MacFarlane.
wikipedia:Harlequin was one of the principal stock characters of Italian Commedia dell'arte, often a facile and witty gentleman's valet and a capricious swain of the serving maid. A whole theater genre, the Harlequinade, developed around the character in England in the early 18th century.
