Annotation:Miss Corbett's Reel

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MISS CORBETT('S REEL). AKA and see "New Demense (1) (The)." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Aird, Cole, O’Neill, Ryan): AAB (Kennedy). A variant of the “College Grove(s)” family of tunes. O’Neill prints the tune in his Waifs and Strays and gives his source as Aird's Selections 1782 97.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Aird (Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5), 1797; p. 8 (appears as “Miss Corbet's Reel”). Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 13. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 130, p. 31. Lowe (Collection). O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 202. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 36.

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