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'''MRS. HEPBURN OF CLERKINGTON'S REEL.''' Scottish, Reel. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. The reel is attributed to fiddler-composer [[Biography:John French]] (1752-1803) of Cumnock, Ayrshire. Robert Hepburn (c. 1742-1798) of Clerkington was an advocate by profession, and married Isabella Mitchelson, the union producing at least eight children. James Boswell of Auchinlech (Dr. Johnston's biographer) knew Isabella's father, John Mitchelson, and went to his house to await Hepburn (with whom he had business) and his wife, in October, 1762. As he recorded in his journal: | '''MRS. HEPBURN OF CLERKINGTON'S REEL.''' Scottish, Reel. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. The reel is attributed to fiddler-composer [[Biography:John French]] (1752-1803) of Cumnock, Ayrshire. Robert Hepburn (c. 1742-1798) of Clerkington was an advocate by profession, and married Isabella Mitchelson, the union producing at least eight children. James Boswell of Auchinlech (Dr. Johnston's biographer) knew Isabella's father, John Mitchelson, and went to his house to await Hepburn (with whom he had business) and his wife, in October, 1762. As he recorded in his journal: | ||
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''Printed sources'': French ('''Collection of New Strathspeys, Reels, etc.'''), 1801; p. 3. | ''Printed sources'': French ('''Collection of New Strathspeys, Reels, etc.'''), 1801; p. 3. | ||
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MRS. HEPBURN OF CLERKINGTON'S REEL. Scottish, Reel. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. The reel is attributed to fiddler-composer Biography:John French (1752-1803) of Cumnock, Ayrshire. Robert Hepburn (c. 1742-1798) of Clerkington was an advocate by profession, and married Isabella Mitchelson, the union producing at least eight children. James Boswell of Auchinlech (Dr. Johnston's biographer) knew Isabella's father, John Mitchelson, and went to his house to await Hepburn (with whom he had business) and his wife, in October, 1762. As he recorded in his journal:
I was somewhat hurt to see a young fellow of twenty, possessed of twelve hundred a year, tied down to a woman elder than himself, not pretty and low bred.
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Printed sources: French (Collection of New Strathspeys, Reels, etc.), 1801; p. 3.
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