Annotation:Miss MacDowal Grant's Reel
X:1 T:Miss Macdowall Grant's Reel C:Donald Grant M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Donald Grant – Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. (1820-21, p. 19) B:The volume was perhaps first issued c. 1790, from a penciled note in a copy. N:The collection was dedicated to Mrs. Col. Grant of Grant (“Sir James and N:Lady Grant of Grant”). S: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105814035 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A c|AE Ac (dc)BA|ce (d/c/B/A/) dBBc|Aagf (fe)(dc)|BedB cAA:| B|Aaga faea|daca dBBc|Aagf (fe)(dc)|BedB cAAB| Aaga faea|daca dBBc|Aagf (fe)(dc)|BedB cAA||
MISS MacDOWAL GRANT'S REEL. Scottish, Reel (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Miss MacDowell Grant's Reel" was composed by Elgin fiddler-composer biography:Donald Grant and published in hisCollection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. (1820-21). Since the reel follows Grant's strathspey "Arndilly House" it is likely the two were meant to be played as a pair, and that Miss MacDowal Grant was a member of the MacDowal Grant family of Arndilly. At the time of publication of Donald Grant's volume, Arndilly House was the seat ofDavid McDowall Grant (1761-1841)of Arndilly, Banff and Barr House, Lochwinnoch, who was a Scottish naval officer, collector of customs and, briefly, Member of Parliament.
