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|f_annotation='''MRS. MACLEOD OF MACLEOD'S STRATHSPEY.''' Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. At the time of publication of Edinburgh fiddler-composer [[biography:Robert Mackintosh]]'s (c. 1745-1808) '''Fourth Collection of New Strathspey Reels''' (c. 1804) the head of Clan MacLeod was John Norman MacLeod of MacLeod (1788–1835), the 24th chief of Clan MacLeod | |f_annotation='''MRS. MACLEOD OF MACLEOD'S STRATHSPEY.''' Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. At the time of publication of Edinburgh fiddler-composer [[biography:Robert Mackintosh]]'s (c. 1745-1808) '''Fourth Collection of New Strathspey Reels''' (c. 1804) the head of Clan MacLeod was John Norman MacLeod of MacLeod (1788–1835), the 24th chief of Clan MacLeod, who had succeeded his father, Norman MacLeod (1754-1801), the 23rd chief of Clan MacLeod, Dunvegan, Isle of Skye. However, John Norman did not marry his wife Anne Stephenson until 1809 and thus she is not the person of the tune title. Mackintosh may have composed the tune for one of the two wives of Norman MacLeod (23rd of MacLeod), who married at Inverness firstly Mary Mackenzie of Suddie (died in 1784 in Marseille, France), and secondly Sarah Stackhouse, depending on when he composed the strathspey. | ||
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Norman entertained Samuel Johnson at Dunvegan on the latter's tour of Scotland, but was a solider and was away for considerable periods. He fought in American with the 71st Regiment, going there with his first wife, Mary; they were captured by General Washington but kindly treated. He later saw service in India at Madras in 1782 and fought gainds Tippoo, taking the fortress of Bednore in 1783. He was promoted to Brigadier General and returned to England in 1789. | |||
|f_printed_sources=Robert Mackintosh ('''A Fourth Collection of Strathspey Reels'''), c. 1804; p. 30. | |f_printed_sources=Robert Mackintosh ('''A Fourth Collection of Strathspey Reels'''), c. 1804; p. 30. | ||
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Revision as of 23:00, 9 December 2020
X:1 T:Mrs. Macleod of Macleod’s Strathspey C:Robert Mackintosh M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:Robert Mackintosh – “A Fourth Collection of New Strathspey Reels, also some Famous old Reels” (1804, p. 30) N:Dedicated to the Dutchess [sic] of Manchester N:Robert “Red Rob” Mackintosh (c. 1745-1808) was a Scottish violinist and N:composer active in Edinburgh at the end of the 18th century. Originally from N:Tullymet, near Pitlochry, Perthshire. He moved to London in the last decade N:of his life. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Gmin d2|gd3Td2c2 B3AGB3|Fc3Af3 ca3A^f3|gd3Td3c B3AGB3|A3e dcBA (BG3G3B)| gd3d3c B3AGB3|Fc3Af3 c2a2A^f3|gd3Td3c TB3AGD3|EC3D3^F G2G,2G,2|| d2|g3d bag^f Bd3Bg3|f3c agf=e Fc3A^f3|g3d (bag^f g)d3ec3|dB3 (dcBA) (B2G2G2d2)| g3d (bag^f) Gd3Bg3|f3c (agf=e) Fc3A^f3|gb3dg3 Bg3ce3|d3B (dcBA) B2G2G2||
MRS. MACLEOD OF MACLEOD'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. At the time of publication of Edinburgh fiddler-composer biography:Robert Mackintosh's (c. 1745-1808) Fourth Collection of New Strathspey Reels (c. 1804) the head of Clan MacLeod was John Norman MacLeod of MacLeod (1788–1835), the 24th chief of Clan MacLeod, who had succeeded his father, Norman MacLeod (1754-1801), the 23rd chief of Clan MacLeod, Dunvegan, Isle of Skye. However, John Norman did not marry his wife Anne Stephenson until 1809 and thus she is not the person of the tune title. Mackintosh may have composed the tune for one of the two wives of Norman MacLeod (23rd of MacLeod), who married at Inverness firstly Mary Mackenzie of Suddie (died in 1784 in Marseille, France), and secondly Sarah Stackhouse, depending on when he composed the strathspey.
Norman entertained Samuel Johnson at Dunvegan on the latter's tour of Scotland, but was a solider and was away for considerable periods. He fought in American with the 71st Regiment, going there with his first wife, Mary; they were captured by General Washington but kindly treated. He later saw service in India at Madras in 1782 and fought gainds Tippoo, taking the fortress of Bednore in 1783. He was promoted to Brigadier General and returned to England in 1789.
