X:1
T:Miss Steel of Norwich’s Reel
T:Diamond [3], The
C:Robert Mackintosh
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Robert Mackintosh – “A Fourth Collection of New Strathspey Reels, also some Famous old Reels” (1804, p. 41)
N:Dedicated to the Dutchess [sic] of Manchester
N:Robert “Red Rob” Mackintosh (c. 1745-1808) was a Scottish violinist and
N:composer active in Edinburgh at the end of the 18th century. Originally from
N:Tullymet, near Pitlochry, Perthshire. He moved to London in the last decade
N:of his life.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Gmin
d|BGBd ecfe|dBd=e fcAF|GBAD EGFB,|CED^F GG,G,:|
g|bga^f g2 (d=e)|f(dTcB) AcfA|Bdfd cege|dg^fa g/g/g T(g>f)|
gbad egfB|cedG ^FGAD|GBAc Bdce|d(cTBA) BGG||
MISS STEEL OF NORWICH'S REEL. AKA and see "Diamond (3) (The)." G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Miss Steel of Norwich's Reel" was composed by Edinburgh fiddler-composer and bandleader biography:Robert Mackintosh, however it is a renaming of "Diamond (3) (The)" printed in his first collection of 1783.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Robert Mackintosh (A Fourth Collection of New Strathspey Reels), c. 1804; p. 41.
