Annotation:Mrs. Oswald of Dunniker's Minuet
X:1 T:Mrs. Oswald of Dunniker's Minuet M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Minuet B: Daniel Dow – Twenty Minuets and Sixteen Reels or Country Dances (c. 1775, p. 12) B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/106036449 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Eb [G,3E3] GBG|EGBeGB|B,3 DFD|BDFBDF|[G,4E4] (G<E)|(B<G)(E<B)(g<e)| (d<B)(e<c)(B<=A)|1 B6:|2 B3|:B2|e2 (G<E)(c<A)|B>gfd B2|f2 Bdfa| g2 {fg}efga|bg e2 za|geagfe|dcBAGF|[G3E3] GBG| B,DFBDF|[G,4E4] (G<E)|(B<G)(e<B)(g<e)|(3BcA G2 TF2|1E4:|2 6||
MRS. OSWALD OF DUNNIKER'S MINUET. Scottish, Minuet (3/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Perthshire/Edinburgh fiddler-composer biography:Daniel Dow, it appears in his c. 1775 Twenty Minuets and Sixteen Reels or Country Dances. He named the tune forJanet Grey of Skibo,Sutherland, who became Mrs. Oswald when she married Scottish politician James Townsend Oswald (1748-1814) died in 1843. Their son was General Sir John Oswaldand their daughter Elizabeth married Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin. Janet outlived her husband several decades and died in 1843.
