X:1
T:Marquis of Huntly’s Reel [2], The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
C:Peter Milne
N:See also Milne’s companion strathspey, “The Marchioness of Huntly”
B:Milne – Middleton’s Selection of Strathspeys, Reels &c. for the Violin (1870, p. 25)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
C|A,2 (CE) AEAB|cAdc BAGF|EA,CE AEcA|dBec fe^de|
ceag fedc|dfce B(GFE)|CEAE DFBA|GEFG A2||
E2|A2 (ce) aAgA|aefa e(cBA)|E2 (GB) dEBE|dEGB A(GFE)|
A2 (ce) aAgA|aefa e(cBA)|ceae dfba|gefg a2 z2||!fine!z/[C/A/]|[C6A6]z||
MARQUIS OF HUNTLY'S REEL [2]. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Hardie, Martin): AA'BB' (Perlman). Composed by Peter Milne (1824-1908), appearing in Middleton's Selection of Strathspeys, Reels (1870), which he edited. Milne was known as the 'Tarland Minstrel' and so immersed in his art that he once said, "I was that fond o' my fiddle, I could sit inside it and look oot." This tune, which is considered among those of Milne's better compositions, is frequently preceded in a set by another Milne composition, "Marchioness of Huntly (3) (The)." Peter Milne
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Peter Chaisson, Sr. (b. 1929, Bear River, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]; Hector MacAndrew [Martin].
Printed sources : - Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1986; pg. 33.
Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; p. 133.
Milne (Middleton's Selection of Strathspeys, Reels, &c. for the Violin), c. 1882; p. 25.
Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 94.
Recorded sources : - Olympic 6151, Arthur S. Robertson – "Scottish Traditional Fiddle Music" (1978).
See also listing at : Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [1]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]
