Annotation:Lady Jane Dunbar's Reel
X:1 T:Lady Jane Dunbar’s Reel C:Donald Grant M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Donald Grant – Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. (1820-21, p. 22) 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/105814068 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb F|DF B2 DF B2|DF B>D {D}C2 CF|DFBF GABg|fd (e/d/c/B/) {d}c2B:| (d/e/)|fBdB fBeg|fBdB {d}c2 cd/e/|fBdB fBdb|fd (f/e/).d/.c/ {c}B2 Bd/e/| fBdB fBeg|fBdB {d}c2 cd/e/|fBdf (g/f/g/a/ b)g|fdec {A}B2B||
LADY JANE DUNBAR'S REEL. Scottish, Reel (cut time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Lady Jane Dunbar's Reel" was composed by Elgin fiddler-composer biography:Donald Grant and was published in his Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs, &c. (1820-21). The title may refer to Lady Dunbar who was born Helen Coull (1796-1888), daughter of James Coull MD, of Ashgrove, Elgin, and became Lady Dunbar on marrying Sir James Dunbar (1770-1836) of Boath, 1st Baronet, in 1814. At the time Sir James was also known as Captain Sir James Dunbar RN, 1st. Bt. Boath. The present Boath House is a Georgian mansion situated a few miles from Nairn at Auldearn. It stands in large grounds of about 20 acres with a lake and a lovely walled garden. It was built in 1827 by Aberdeen architect, Archibald Simpson, for Captain James Dunbar, but at the time of Donald Grant's publication Boath house was the 'great stane-house' that had been in the Dunbar family since the mid-16th century.
Donald Grant composed several tunes for the Dunbar branch members of Boath and Northfield.
