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X:1 T:Miss Johnston's Reel [1] M:C| L:1/8 R:reel B:Complete Tutor Violin (c. 1815) Z:Dr. Evan Jones, 2005 K:G d |:: (B>cde) dBBe | dBgB bBgd | (Bcde) dBBd | cAag Tfefd || BATBd G>GB>A |GBDB GBDd |TB2 (AG) GGAG | (FGAB) cAec | TBABd GGTBA | GBDB GBD(B | d)BcA BGAF | DEFG ABce |]
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Additional notes
Sources for notated versions: - set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann in the 1980’s [Taylor]; whistle player Des O'Conner (Ballinasloe, Ireland) [Breathnach].
Printed sources : - Alexander (Alexander’s Fifty New Scotch & Irish Reels & Hornpipes), c. 1826; No. 16, p. 8. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 188, pp. 98 99. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 286. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 8. Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 201, p. 75. Gow (Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1809; p. 30. Jones [Ed.] (Complete Tutor Violin), c. 1815; p. 3. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 134, p. 32. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 1), c. 1880; Set 15, No. 2, p. 10. J. Kenyon Lees (Balmoral Reel Book), c. 1910; p. 2. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 244, p. 129. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 127. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1376, p. 256. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 626, p. 113. Roche (Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 1), 1912; No. 173, p. 67. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 169. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland); 1852; p. 65. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Yellow Book), 1995; p. 10 (appears as “Miss Johnston”).
Recorded sources: -Jerry Holland – “Master Cape Breton Fiddler” (1982).
See also listings at:
Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [1]
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info [3]
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