Annotation:Sir John Cathcart's Reel: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:07, 19 August 2018

X:1 T:Sir John Cathcart’s Reel M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:John Riddell of Ayr – Collection of Scots Reels, Minuets &c. B:for the Violin (1782, p. 27) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C e|c2 (ed) cAGE|D/D/D (EC) DA,A,A|c(fed) cAG(e|ga)gf Te2d:| (e/f/)|gc (a/g/f/e/) gc (a/g/f/e/)|defg afde|gc a/(g/f/e/) gccG|Aagf Te2d(e/f/)| gc (a/g/f/e/) gc (a/g/f/e/)|defg afde|cGEG cde(f|ga)gf Te2d||

SIR JOHN CATHCART'S REEL. Scottish, Reel (cut time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Ayrshire fiddler-composer biography:John Riddell (1718-1795). The tune title honors Sir John Cathcart (1731-1783), Baronet of Carleton, Ayrshire. Sir John's second wife was Elizabeth Kennedy, daughter of the Kennedy's of Culzean, whom he married in. They had numerous children. Carleton Castle is the ancient seat of the Cathcart's, located on a knoll halfway between Girvan and Ballantrae. In the fifteenth century it was held by another Sir John Cathcart, who is 'remembered' in the ballad "May Collean." It describes how the laird of Carleton was wont to marry fair ladies for their money, then drowning them in the sea from a high precipitous crag called Gamesloup. See also other tunes Riddell composed for the family, "Miss Betty Cathcart's Reel" and "Lady Cathcart of Earlston."

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - John Riddell (Collection of Scots Reels, Minuets &c. for the Violin), 1782; p. 27.

Recorded sources: -

Back to Sir John Cathcart's Reel

@@ Line 10: / Line 10: @@
 <div style="text-align: justify; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 90px; margin-left: 70px; margin-right: 120px;">
 <br>
-'''SIR JOHN CATHCART'S REEL.'''  Scottish, Reel (cut time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB.  Composed by Ayrshire fiddler-composer [[biography:John Riddell]] (1718-1795).  The tune title honors Sir John Cathcart (1731-1783), Baronet of Carleton, Ayrshire. Sir John's second wife was Elizabeth Kennedy, daughter of the Kennedy's of Culzean, whom he married in. They had numerous children.  Carleton Castle is the ancient seat of the Cathcart's, located on a knoll halfway between Girvan and Ballantrae. In the fifteenth century it was held by another Sir John Cathcart, who is 'remembered' in the ballad "May Collean." It describes how the laird of Carleton was wont to marry fair ladies for their money, then drowning them in the sea from a high precipitous crag called Gamesloup. See also other tunes Riddell composed for the family, "[[Miss Betty Cathcart's Reel]]" and "[[Lady Cathcart's Reel]]."
+'''SIR JOHN CATHCART'S REEL.'''  Scottish, Reel (cut time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB.  Composed by Ayrshire fiddler-composer [[biography:John Riddell]] (1718-1795).  The tune title honors Sir John Cathcart (1731-1783), Baronet of Carleton, Ayrshire. Sir John's second wife was Elizabeth Kennedy, daughter of the Kennedy's of Culzean, whom he married in. They had numerous children.  Carleton Castle is the ancient seat of the Cathcart's, located on a knoll halfway between Girvan and Ballantrae. In the fifteenth century it was held by another Sir John Cathcart, who is 'remembered' in the ballad "May Collean." It describes how the laird of Carleton was wont to marry fair ladies for their money, then drowning them in the sea from a high precipitous crag called Gamesloup. See also other tunes Riddell composed for the family, "[[Miss Betty Cathcart's Reel]]" and "[[Lady Cathcart of Earlston]]."
 <br>
 </div>