Annotation:Lieutenant Grant of the 10th Foot’s Strathspey

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LIEUT. GRANT OF THE 10th FOOT'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Scottish dancing master and musician Biography:Duncan MacIntyre (c. 1767-1807), who established a practice in Edinburgh, but who moved to London in the 1790's. It was in the English city that he published his 1794 collection, dedicated to Lady Charlotte Campbell. "Captain Robert Grant's Reel," "Miss Jane D. Grant’s Favourite," "Miss Grace Grant’s Reel," "Miss J. Grant's Strathspey," and "Miss Margaret Grant’s Reel."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: MacIntyre (A Collection of Slow Airs, Reels and Strathspeys), 1794; p. 16.

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