Annotation:Mrs. Garden of Troup (3)
X:1 T:Mrs. Garden of Troup’s Reel C:Robert Mackintosh M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Robert Mackintosh – “A Fourth Collection of New Strathspey Reels, also some Famous old Reels” (1804, p. 2) N:Dedicated to the Dutchess [sic] of Manchester N:Robert “Red Rob” Mackintosh (c. 1745-1808) was a Scottish violinist and N:composer active in Edinburgh at the end of the 18th century. Originally from N:Tullymet, near Pitlochry, Perthshire. He moved to London in the last decade N:of his life. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb f|b2 fd g2 ec|f2 dB AcAF|b2 fd g2 ec|dfAc dBB:| F|DFBF EGBG|FAce dfdB|DFBd EGce|dfec d(BBF)| DFBF EGBG|FAce dfdB|DFBd EGce|dBcA BB,B,||
MRS. GARDEN OF TROUP [3]. Scottish, Reel (whole time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Mrs. Garden of Troup (3)" was composed by Scottish fiddler-composer biography:Robert Mackintosh (c. 1745-1808) and was printed in his Fourth Book of New Strathspey Reels (London, 1804), a volume dedicated to the Jane, Duchess of Gordon.
