Annotation:Right Honourable Lady Saltoun's Reel
X:1 T:Right Honorable Lady Saltoun’s Reel, The C:William Christie (1778-1849) N:Christie was a dancing master, fiddler N:and composer from Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire. N:Lady Saltoun was Catharine Thurlow, the spouse of Alexander Fraser, 17th Lord N:Saltoun, (1785-1853), a career soldier who say honorable service in the Napoleonic N:Wars and the First Opium War. She was the daughter of Lord Chancellor N:Edward Thurlow, a Tory politician and lawyer who served under four Prime N:Ministers. She married Saltoun in 1815 and died in 1826 without issue. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Christie - Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Hornpipes, B:Waltzes &c. (Edinburgh, 1820, p. 5) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin E|.E.e.c.e {^G}A2 Ac|BG {AG^F}G2 DG {AGF}G2|.E.e.c.e (ABc).A|(Bg) B^g. {G}A2 A:| B|.A.a^g.a {^d}e2 (.e.^f)|gd {edc}d2 (Bd).g.d|.e.a^.g.a {^d}e2 (.e.^f)|(gd).c.B {B}A2 AB| .A.a^.g.a {^d}e2 (.e^.f)|.gd {edc}d2 (Bd).g.d|ea^ga e=gdg|(Bg) B^G {G}A2 A||
RIGHT HONOURABLE LADY SALTOUN'S REEL. Scottish, Reel (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The reel was composed by biography:William Christie (1778-1849), a dancing master, fiddler-composer, song collector and postman from Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire. Lady Saltoun was Catharine Thurlow, the spouse of Alexander Fraser, 17th Lord Saltoun, (1785-1853), a career soldier who saw honorable service in the Napoleonic Wars and the First Opium War. She was the daughter of Lord Chancellor Edward Thurlow, a Tory politician and lawyer who served under four Prime Ministers. She married Saltoun in 1815 and died in 1826 without issue.
