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Description: | This is a Mackintosh strathspey with a hint of Bobby Shaftoe in strain 1.The tune is taken from an early nineteenth century printed tune book printed by Abraham Mackintosh (or Macintosh, McIntosh etc.) Mackintosh was born in 1769, the son of Robert (or 'Red Rob', d. 1807) who was a fiddler and composer from Perthshire - probably Inver, the same village as Niel Gow. Though not achieving the same level of fame as Gow, Robert composed some fine fiddle tunes and had a distinguished parallel career as a classical player, working for both the Edinburgh and Aberdeen Musical Societies at different times.It is not known when Abraham moved to Newcastle, but it seems he was already well established in his career when he did so, with two collections published in Edinburgh and one composition, Buckingham House, having acquired the additional titles Athole Brose, and significantly, Niel Gow's Favourite.The collection is interesting from several points of view - certainly it contains a lot of bread-and-butter tunes found in many other collections, but it has a few good local traditional tunes, and many composed locally by Mackintosh. Two of these have entered the traditional repertoire, one as an 'Irish reel', the other attributed to James Hill. This is a special and subtle kind of success. Of the other original tunes, the quality naturally varies, but some merit your special attention, and may yet get the airing they deserve. ; Early nineteenth century tune book, arranged and composed by Abraham Mackintosh | Publisher: | A. Mackintosh Newgate Street ; Newcastle upon Tyne | Rights holder: | rights holder : Dr Ralph Swinburn | Temporal: | start=1801;end=1840; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:M0302202 | Go to resource |
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