Annotation:Lowe's Reel

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LOWE'S REEL. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. The reel was composed by John Cumming in honor of Scottish musician, composer and music publisher Joseph Lowe (1796-1866), in whose collection the tune first appears (along with another of Cumming's compositions, "Cutty Sark").

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 92, p. 12. Lowe (Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs), 1844 p.

Recorded sources:

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