Annotation:Miss Bigg of Benton's Strathspey
X: 1 T: Miss Bigg of Benton's Strathspey C: Abraham Mackintosh R: strathspey M: C| L: 1/8 Z: 2011 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> B: Abraham Mackintosh "A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c.", Newcastle, after 1797, p.22 F: http://imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/a/a8/IMSLP80796-PMLP164326-Abraham_Mackintosh_coll.pdf K: A V: 1 E | A>BAB c<ec>A | {GA}B>cB>A [eG]BG>E | A>BA>E F>GA>F | E>FA>B cAA :| f | e<AB>A aA- Ac/d/ | e>Af>A G<B- Bc/d/ | e>Af>A g>A a>F | E>FA>B c>AA>f | e<AB>A a>A- Ac/d/ | e>Af>A GB- Bc/d/ | e>cf>d g>ea>f | e<cB>g | aAA |] V: 2 clef=bass middle=d z | [a2A2][a2A2] [a2A2][a2A2] | [e2E2][e2E2] [e2E2][e2E2] |\ [c2C2][c2C2] [d2D2][d2D2] | [e2E2][e2E2] [a2A2][aA] :| z | [a2A2][a2A2] [c'2c2][c'2c2] | [a2A2][d2D2] [e2E2][e2E2] |\ [c2C2][d2D2] [e2E2][fF][dD] | [e2E2][e2E2] [a2A2][a2A2] | [a2A2][a2A2] [c'2c2][c'2c2] | [a2A2][d2D2] [e2E2][e2E2] |\ [c2C2][d2D2] [e2E2][fF][dD] | [e2E2][e2E2] [a2A2][aA] |]
MISS BIGG OF BENTON'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, English; Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Miss Bigg of Benton's Strathspey" was composed by biography:Abraham Mackintosh, a fiddle-composer, dancing master and musician who lived most of his life in Edinburgh. At the end of the 18th century, however, he relocated to Newcastle-upon-Tune and established himself there as a teacher of dancing. 'Benton' in the title refers to the district of Benton, now absorbed into greater Newcastle but in Mackintosh's time it was a desirable out-of-town suburb. Located there was a manor called Little Benton, owned by the powerful William Bigge (1707-1758), a lawyer, landowner and colliery owner, whose eldest son was Thomas Charles Bigge (1739-1794). Thomas, a landowner and banker, and his wife (née Jemima Ord) had four sons and six daughters, one of whom may have been the subject of Mackintosh's strathspey.
