Annotation:Montgomerie's Rant

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MONTGOMERIE'S RANT. Scottish, Strathspey Reel. The dance instructions, but not the music for the tune clearly marked 'Strathspey Reele,' appear in the Menzies Manuscript, 1749, in the Atholl Collection of the Sandeman Library, Perth. It seems to be the earliest allusion to the strathspey as a class of instrumental music or dance, states Emmerson (1971). Today it is traditional to play "Lady Montgomerie's Reel" for the Scottish country dance.

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Recorded sources: Viva W103, Sean McGuire - "Irish Jigs and Reels" (c. 1960's, a reissue of "Sean Maguire Plays," the first recording of McGuire that Josephine Keegan accompanied on piano).

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