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Item Description |
JSS0553
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Page 2 of 2, Bannocks of Beer Meal |
From 'A Collection of Scots Tunes some with variations for a violin, hautboy, or German flute, with a bass for a violoncello or harpsichord', by Edinburgh violinist and composer William McGibbon (c. 1690-1756), then Edinburgh's most prominent musician. The second page of his variations (see JSS0552 for... |
JSS0554
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Watson's Scots Measure |
From William McGibbon's (see JSS0552) Third Collection (1755). The tune is traditional, known as 'An ye were dead, gudeman', and 'John Highlandman'. Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796) used it for his song 'There was a lad born in Kyle'. |
JSS0555
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The Tindars Occupation |
From William McGibbon's (see JSS0552) Third Collection (1755). By the title someone has written 'Clout the Cauldron', the title still used today. Skinner included the tune in the Harp and Claymore, as 'communicated by William Forbes, Newark, Ellon'. The traditional title shows that McGibbon's title is... |
JSS0556
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Title page, A Collection of entirely ofiginal Strathspey Reels, Marches, Quick Steps &c. |
The title continues '_for the Piano-forte, Violin, German flute &c. &c. by Ladies resident in a remote part of the Highlands of Scotland' [1801]. The 'Ladies', as J. Murdoch Henderson wrote, above the oval border, 'were the Misses White, Brockly'. It was unusual for Scottish women to be publicly involved... |
JSS0557
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Colonel Fraser of Knocky's Strathspey |
From 'A Collection of entirely original Strathspey Reels, Marches, Quick Steps &c_.' [1801] (JSS0556) by the the Misses White of Brockley. The ladies seem to have been friends of 'Colonel [Captain Simon?] Fraser of Knocky', to (or for) whom they wrote this strathspey. |
JSS0558
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O Bessy Bell, and Mary Gray |
This page shows an arrangement of the Scots song, O Bessy Bell and Mary Gray, by the Italian composer, Urbani. The top part, from volume 5, is the violin accompaniment for the melody, not given here. The cello bass line (from volume 6) is on the last three staves. Words of this Scottish ballad became... |
JSS0559
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Title page, Fifty Favourite Scotch Airs for a Violin, German Flute and Violoncello, with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord |
Francis Peacock (1723-1807) published this collection c. 1762. He was Aberdeen's official dancing-master for fifty years. A cellist and violinist, he helped found the Aberdeen Musical Society. |
JSS0560
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Preface, Fifty Favourite Scotch Airs for a Violin, German Flute, Violoncello, with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord |
Francis Peacock (1723-1807) published this collection c. 1762. He was Aberdeen's official dancing-master for fifty years. A cellist and violinist, he helped found the Aberdeen Musical Society. It seem that he was not Scottish (perhaps born in Yorkshire), but still had a great affection for the melodies... |
JSS0561
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Subscribers list, Fifty Favourite Scotch Airs for a Violin, German Flute and Violoncello, with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord |
Francis Peacock (1723-1807) published this collection c. 1762. He was Aberdeen's official dancing-master for fifty years. A cellist and violinist, he helped found the Aberdeen Musical Society. Subscribers' Lists provide a picture of the musician's social contacts, from Peacock's 'Mr Alexander Clerk,... |
JSS0562
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Bushaboon Traquair |
A setting of a traditional Scottish song from Francis Peacock's 'Fifty Favourite Scotch Airs for a Violin, German Flute and Violoncello, with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord'. Peacock was Aberdeen's official dancing-master for over sixty years. A cellist and violinist, he helped found the Aberdeen... |