Annotation:Mrs. Boswell of Auchinleck’s Reel

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MRS. BOSWELL OF AUCHINLECK'S REEL. Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by John French (1752-1803), originally from Cumnock. Published in his posthumous 1803 collection Strathspey Reels &c., which collection was dedicated to Mrs. Boswell, the wife of James Boswell, Dr. Johnson's amanuensis.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music), 1983; Ex. 89, p. 143. French (Collection of New Strathspeys, Reels, etc.), 1801; p. 1.

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