A Fourth Collection of Strathspey Reels
by Macdonald, Malcolm
Full title: A Fourth Collection of Strathspey Reels &c, With a Bass for the Violoncello or Harpsichord […] By Malcolm McDonald at Dunkeld.
Publisher: Edinburgh: the Author
Printer: For the Author
Date: [1797?]
Notes:
GB-Gm copy has some staining from water damage.
There are a lot more broken octaves (especially in Scots Measures), and some pianistic oscillating patterns. In 'Lord Breadalbane's Delight', jig in D always ends on B minor, bass ends on F sharp each time. Includes tune 'Short life to all Stepmothers' - a Strathspey. 'Miss Farquharson of Invercalds Jigg' has alternative lines apparently for cello or keyboard. 'Mrs Muir Mackenzie's Reel' uses flat third to move from I to O (flat 7th).
RISM: M13
Gore: MC4
Biographical info: Malcolm Macdonald was born in Dunkeld (c.1750), and was active c.1785-1800. He was sometime cellist to Niel Gow. (Alburger, 117; Glen 1, xii)
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