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'''JOHNSON'S REEL [1]'''. Scottish, Strathspey. E Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune in Marshall's 1781 collection (p. 10). Moyra Cowie (1999) thinks the title may refer to a servant in Gordon Castle, where Marshall was employed as Steward of the Household. | '''JOHNSON'S REEL [1]'''. AKA - "Marshall's Strathspey." Scottish, Strathspey. E Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune in Marshall's 1781 collection (p. 10). Moyra Cowie (1999) thinks the title may refer to a servant in Gordon Castle, where Marshall was employed as Steward of the Household. Glasgow-based musician Joshua Campbell included "Johnson's Reel" in his 1789 collection under tht title "Marshall's Strathspey," and added a jig (12/8 time) setting of the melody. | ||
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''Printed sources'': Marshall, '''Fiddlecase Edition''', 1978; '''1781 Collection''', p. 10. | ''Printed sources'': Joshua Campbell ('''A Collection of New Reels & Highland Strathspeys'''), Glasgow, 1789; p. 39 (as "Marshall's Strathspey"). Marshall, '''Fiddlecase Edition''', 1978; '''1781 Collection''', p. 10. | ||
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JOHNSON'S REEL [1]. AKA - "Marshall's Strathspey." Scottish, Strathspey. E Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune in Marshall's 1781 collection (p. 10). Moyra Cowie (1999) thinks the title may refer to a servant in Gordon Castle, where Marshall was employed as Steward of the Household. Glasgow-based musician Joshua Campbell included "Johnson's Reel" in his 1789 collection under tht title "Marshall's Strathspey," and added a jig (12/8 time) setting of the melody.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Joshua Campbell (A Collection of New Reels & Highland Strathspeys), Glasgow, 1789; p. 39 (as "Marshall's Strathspey"). Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1781 Collection, p. 10.
Recorded sources: