Annotation:Dutchess of Manchester’s Favorite (The)
X:1 T:Dutchess of Manchester’s Favorite, The C:Robert Mackintosh M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig Q:"Moderato" B:Robert Mackintosh – “A Fourth Collection of New Strathspey Reels, also some Famous old Reels” (1804, p. 1) N:Dedicated to the Dutchess [sic] of Manchester N:Robert “Red Rob” Mackintosh (c. 1745-1808) was a Scottish violinist and N:composer active in Edinburgh at the end of the 18th century. Originally from N:Tullymet, near Pitlochry, Perthshire. He moved to London in the last decade N:of his life. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb ~d3 cfc|B3 AdF|GAB cde|dcB AGF| {^cde}B3 AdF|Ged cBA|[D3F3B3] [D3F3B3]:| |:{^cde}d3 fdB|{=Bcd}c3 fcA|d=ef gab|agf =edc| a3 gc’g|{=efg}f3 ec’c|dba gf=e|[A3c3f3]!fermata![A2c2f2]z| {^cde}d3 cfc|{ABc}B3 AdF|GAB cde|dcB AGF| ~d2a ~c2f|~B2g A2F|Ged cBA|[D3F3B3][D3F3B3]:| P:Variations |:{^cde}d3 c/=B/c/=e/f/c/|{ABc}B3 (B/A/)(c/B/)(d/F/)|G>AB .c.d.e|dcB AGF| d/B/d/f/b c/A/c/f/a|B/G/B/=e/g/B/ A/F/A/c/f/A/|Ged cBA|[D3F3B3][D3F3B3]:| |:{^cde}d3 f/d/B/b/f/d/|Tc/=B/c/d/c/=e/ f/c/A/a/f/c/|(d/^c/)(=e/d/)(f/e/) (g/^f/)(a/g/)(b/a/)|gaf =edc| Ta/g/a/c’/a/c’/ T(g/^f/)g/c’/g/c’/|Tf/=e/f/a/g/f/ edc|dba gf=e|[A3c3f3]!fermata![A2c2f2]z| {^cde}d3 c/=B/c/=e/f/c/|{ABc}B3 (B/A/)(c/B/)(d/F/)|G(B/A/)(c/B/) cde|dcB AGF| z{d}B/d/f/b/B/ z{c}A/c/f/a/A/|z/{B}G/B/=e/g/B/ A/F/A/c/f/A/|G/e/G/B/e/d/ cBA|[D3F3B3][D3F3B3]:|
DUTCHESS OF MANCHESTER'S FAVORITE, THE. Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "The Dutchess of Manchester's Favorite" was composed by Edinburgh fiddler-composer biography:Robert Mackintosh (c. 1745-1808) and was printed in his Fourth Collection of New Strathspey Reels (c. 1804). The first strain is shared with Andrew and John Gow's "Corelli Reviv'd," but the second strains differ.
