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|f_annotation='''MISS JESSIE SMITH.''' AKA and see "[[Jessie Smith]]," "[[Mrs. Smith's Strathspey]]." Scottish (originally), Canadian; Strathspey. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune appears in Joseph Lowe’s mid-19th century collection. The tune is a Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, standard among fiddlers and is commonly heard in Scottish sessions as well. Lowe (1797–1847), from Marykirk, was a musician and dancing master, the son of fiddler-composer John Lowe ("[[Rachel Rae]]"). However, the strathspey predates Lowe's collection and was printed under the title "[[Mrs. Smith's Strathspey]]" in Islay fiddler-composer [[biography:Alexander Mackay]]'s '''Collection of Reels, Strathspeys, and Slow Tunes''' (Glasgow, c. 1822). The tune is unattributed by Mackay, with no hint of its origins. | |f_annotation='''MISS JESSIE SMITH.''' AKA and see "[[Jessie Smith]]," "[[Mrs. Smith's Strathspey]]." Scottish (originally), Canadian; Strathspey. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune appears in Joseph Lowe’s mid-19th century collection. The tune is a Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, standard among fiddlers and is commonly heard in Scottish sessions as well. Lowe (1797–1847), from Marykirk, was a musician and dancing master, the son of fiddler-composer John Lowe ("[[Rachel Rae]]"). However, the strathspey predates Lowe's collection and was printed under the title "[[Mrs. Smith's Strathspey]]" in Islay fiddler-composer [[biography:Alexander Mackay]]'s '''Collection of Reels, Strathspeys, and Slow Tunes''' (Glasgow, c. 1822). The tune is unattributed by Mackay, with no hint of its origins. | ||
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|f_printed_sources='''Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, book 4''', 1844–1845; p. 8. | |f_printed_sources=Joseph ('''Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, book 4'''), 1844–1845; p. 8. | ||
|f_recorded_sources=CAT-WMR004, Wendy MacIssac – “The ‘Reel’ Thing” (1994). | |f_recorded_sources=CAT-WMR004, Wendy MacIssac – “The ‘Reel’ Thing” (1994). | ||
|f_see_also_listing=Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t2009.html]<br> | |f_see_also_listing=Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t2009.html]<br> | ||
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MISS JESSIE SMITH. AKA and see "Jessie Smith," "Mrs. Smith's Strathspey." Scottish (originally), Canadian; Strathspey. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune appears in Joseph Lowe’s mid-19th century collection. The tune is a Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, standard among fiddlers and is commonly heard in Scottish sessions as well. Lowe (1797–1847), from Marykirk, was a musician and dancing master, the son of fiddler-composer John Lowe ("Rachel Rae"). However, the strathspey predates Lowe's collection and was printed under the title "Mrs. Smith's Strathspey" in Islay fiddler-composer biography:Alexander Mackay's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys, and Slow Tunes (Glasgow, c. 1822). The tune is unattributed by Mackay, with no hint of its origins.
