Nigel Gatherer wrote: > > Andrew Kuntz wrote: > > > Miss Gunning's Reel appears in several collections such as Vickers > > (1770)...The Irish collector Brendan Breathnach attributed MIss > > Gunnings to Marshall (who would have been only 22 when the melody > > appeared in Vickers)... > > In 'Scottish Fiddlers and their Music' (M A Alburger 1983) she says > that Marshall was thirty-two when he first published his compositions. > If Vickers is dated 1770 this proves your theory. I too took > Breathnach's attribution as gospel, but I can't think if I've seen > Marshall credited anywhere else. I'll try and look at the Thompson > collection mentioned by Bruce Olson and see if it's the same tune; if > it is, the mystery is irrevocably solved. Good sleuthing, Andrew! > > -- > Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/gatherer/ > > Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To >subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/liI erred.
Sorry about that last. I inadvertantly clicked on 'Send' before pasting in my note as follows:. I did copy "Miss Gunnings" from the c 1780 reissue of the Thompson's first collection of 200 country dances, but forgot to note that in my typed up contents list. It is definitely "Miss Gunning Reel". X:1 T:Miss Gunnings S:Thompson's 1st coll'n of 200 country dances S:via c 1780 reissue of c 1758 collection L:1/8 M:C| K:A c2BA (G/A/B) ED|CEAc BE E2|c2BG G/A/B Ed|(c/d/e) EB|cAA2::\ aAaA aAA2|(G/A/B) "tr"B2 (G/A/B) "tr"B2|aAaA aAA2|c2BA DAA2::\ ce"tr"fe ce"tr"fe|fedc BE "tr"E2|(ce)"tr"fe ce"tr"fe|\ fefg aAA2:|] Bruce Olson -- Roots of Folk: Old British Isles popular and folk songs, tunes, broadside ballads at my no-spam website - www.erols.com/olsonw or just <A href="http://www.erols.com/olsonw";> Click </a> Motto: Keep at it; muddling through always works. Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
