Annotation:Jarnovich's Reel
X:1 T:Jarnovich's Reel M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:I. Cooper - Collection of Strathspeys, Reels and Irish Jigs (c. 1806) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F fc ~c2 fc ~c2|defg ec ~c2|dfcf BfAf|BdcB AF ~F2:| |:aagf eg c'2|ffed cf a2|ddcB Acfa|bgeg f/f/f f2:|
JARNOVICH'S REEL. AKA - "Jarnovick's". AKA and see "German Nice," "Giornovichi," "Jarnoviches' Strathspey." Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (White): AABB (Johnson). The melody appears in biography:Isaac Cooper of Banff's (b. 1755-d. 1810 or 1811, although sometimes the year is given as 1820) Collection of Strathspeys, Reels and Irish Jigs for the Piano-Forte & Violin to which are added Scots, Irish & Welch Airs Composed and Selected by I. Cooper at Banff (London, Edinburgh, c. 1806). Cooper was for many years a teacher of music and a dancing master in Banff. A strathspey setting of the tune appears in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) as "Jarnoviches' Strathspey." See note for "annotation:Jarnovich's Hornpipe" for more on Giovanni Giornovichi.
