X:1
T:Mrs. Captain Ross
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. 44)
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:Cmin
G|E2 (CG) EGcG|BFGE DB,DF|T(E>DC)D EFGc|ecd=B cCCG|
E2 (CG) EGcG|BFGE DB,DF|ECEG =B,DGD|E(GTF>D) ECC||
g|ecgc {a}g2 (fe)|dBfB gBfd|ecge dBfd|(e/d/c) (d/c/=B) cCCg|
ecgc {a}g2 (fe)|dBfB defg|ecGc BGEB|AFDG ECC||
MRS. CAPTAIN ROSS. AKA and see "Miss Campbell's (3)." Scottish, Reel (cut time). C Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Mrs. Captain Ross" was composed by fiddler-composer and bandleader biography:Robert Mackintosh (c. 1745-1808) and was printed in his Fourth Collection of New Strathspey Reels (c. 1804).
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Robert Mackintosh (A Fourth Collection of New Strathspey Reels), c. 1804; p. 44.
