Annotation:Miss Corbett's Reel
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MISS CORBETT('S REEL). AKA and see "New Demense (1) (The)." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Aird, Cole, O’Neill, Ryan): AAB (Kennedy). A variant of the “College Grove (The)” family of tunes, of which there are several excellent Irish cognates. O’Neill prints the tune in his Waifs and Strays (1922) and gives his source as Aird's Selections.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Aird (Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5), 1797; p. 8 (appears as “Miss Corbet's Reel”). Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 13. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 130, p. 31. Lowe (Collection). O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 202. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 36.
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