Annotation:Lady Jane Montgomery’s Reel

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LADY JANE MONTGOMERY'S REEL. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. The reel was composed by Edinburgh musician, teacher and music publisher William Shepherd. Shepherd was a business partner of Nathaniel Gow from the 1790's until his death in 1812. A melody called "Lady Jane Montgomery's Strathspey" was published by the firm in The Fourth Collection of Niel Gow's Reels (1800) around the same time as they issued Shepherd's Second Collection.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Shepherd (Second Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1800.

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