Annotation:Mrs. Oswald of Auchincruives—New (2)
Tune properties and standard notation
MRS. OSWALD (OF AUCHINCRUIVES)--NEW [2]. Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Robert Mackintosh (1745-1807), with the tag “new” because it was presumably a second strathspey he composed for the famous Lucy Oswald, after “Mrs. Oswald of Auchincruive’s Strathspey (3)” below. See note for “Miss Johnston of Hilton’s Fancy” for more on Lucy Oswald.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; p. 23.
Recorded sources: Inver225, Pete Clark – “Macintosh at Murthly.”
See also listings at:
Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [1]