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'''MR. BOSWELL OF AUCHINLECH'S REEL.''' Scottish, Reel. G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. The tune is attributed to fiddler-composer [[Biography:John French]] (1752-1803), of Cumnock, east Ayrshire, and appears in his 1801 '''Collection of New Strathspeys, Reels, etc.''', which was dedicated to Boswell's wife. The title probably honors French's comtemporary James Boswell [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Boswell], 9th Laird of Auchinleck (1740-1795), most famous as Dr. Johnson's anamnesis. | '''MR. BOSWELL OF AUCHINLECH'S REEL.''' Scottish, Reel. G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. The tune is attributed to fiddler-composer [[Biography:John French]] (1752-1803), of Cumnock, east Ayrshire, and appears in his 1801 '''Collection of New Strathspeys, Reels, etc.''', which was dedicated to Boswell's wife. The title probably honors French's comtemporary James Boswell [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Boswell], 9th Laird of Auchinleck (1740-1795), most famous as Dr. Johnson's anamnesis. | ||
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''Printed sources'': French ('''Collection of New Strathspeys, Reels, etc.'''), 1801; p. 8. | ''Printed sources'': French ('''Collection of New Strathspeys, Reels, etc.'''), 1801; p. 8. | ||
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MR. BOSWELL OF AUCHINLECH'S REEL. Scottish, Reel. G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. The tune is attributed to fiddler-composer Biography:John French (1752-1803), of Cumnock, east Ayrshire, and appears in his 1801 Collection of New Strathspeys, Reels, etc., which was dedicated to Boswell's wife. The title probably honors French's comtemporary James Boswell [1], 9th Laird of Auchinleck (1740-1795), most famous as Dr. Johnson's anamnesis.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: French (Collection of New Strathspeys, Reels, etc.), 1801; p. 8.
Recorded sources: