Annotation:Miss Mary Garden of Troup's Reel
X:1 T:Miss Mary Garden of Troup’s Reel C:Robert Mackintosh M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Robert Mackintosh – “A Fourth Collection of New Strathspey Reels, also some Famous old Reels” (1804, p. 21) 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:Emin B|(e^de) T(BAB)|T(GFG) (EFG)|FED AGF|dAG FED| (e^de) T(BAB)|T(GFG) EFG|ABc B^c^d|[G3B3e3] [E2G2B2e2]:| e/f/|gfe Bbe|gfe Bbe|fed Aaf|dAG FED| gfe Bbe|gfe Bbg|abg agf|gee e2f| gfe Bbe|gfe Bbe|fed afd|ABG FE^D| EFG FGA|GAB ABc|Bba gaf|gee e2||
MISS MARY GARDEN OF TROUP'S REEL. Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Miss Mary Garden of Troup's Reel" was composed by Edinburgh fiddler-composer biography:Robert Mackintosh (c. 1745-1808) and printed in his Fourth Collection of New Strathspey Reels (c. 1804). Despite the word 'reel' in the title, the tune is in jig (6/8) time, with the word 'reel' in this case referring to a intertwining ('reeling') dance movement.
Mary Garden (1780-) was the daughter of Peter Garden and Katherine Garden (née Balneaes) of Troup and Delgaty. She married Thomas Burnett of Park as his second wife in 1806. See also Robert Petrie's "Miss Mary Garden (Delgaty's) Reel."
