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| Image | Title | Item Description |
|---|---|---|
 JSS0704 |
The Monikie series no 1, title page | This was the first publication in the Monikie Series - compiled whilst Skinner lived in Monikie, near Dundee, in the early years of the 20th century. Skinner would have been in his sixties when the photo was taken. |
 JSS0705 |
The Lovat Scouts, The Kirrie Kebbuck. page 1 of 2 | The Lovat Scouts is a lively quickstep, which Skinner wrote in the bagpipe idiom - note the little grace notes in the main part. The simple accompaniment is very much in his style. He adds a variation in his inimitable fashion! Click on the audio link below (cd28a) to listen to Skinner playing it. The... |
 JSS0706 |
The Kirrie Kebbuck, The Thrums Cairn, p 2 of 3 | The first piece of music on this page is a continuation from JSS0705 of The Kirrie Kebbuck. The Kirrie Kebbuck was a large cheese that the Laird o' Thrums (A MacPherson) cut up with a saw. It is possible to imagine him doing this in time to the music! Click on cd25b to hear Skinner's recording. The Thrums... |
 JSS0707 |
Two Airs for Violin and Piano, Mackenzie Hay and Spey in a Spate, title page | Sheet music cover image for the strathspey Mackenzie Hay and the Reel, Spey in a Spate. The tartan background with Skinner's image superimposed on top was issued in different colour schemes. You can listen to Skinner playing both of these melodies by clicking on the audio links below. (Mackenzie Hay... |
 JSS0708 |
MacKenzie Hay | Mackenzie Hay can be performed as either a strathspey or a schottische. Note how specific Skinner is with directions for playing this melody: in bar 2, some notes have double dots,which indicates they must be held even longer. There are also many instances of Skinner's own flat slurs, which indicate... |
 JSS0709 |
The Spey in a Spate | This lively reel has been named to make the listener think of a flood of rushing water, just like the famous angling river, the River Spey, in Morayshire, Scotland. Note the accompaniment with the held bass notes - part of Skinner's trademark style. Listen to Skinner playing it by clicking on the audio... |
 JSS0710 |
The Rosebud of Allenvale | Dedicated by Skinner to his cousin Jessie, who was married to James Macdonald, the gardener at Allenvale Cemetery, Aberdeen, where Skinner is now buried. In a prophetic note to James Macdonald, Skinner wrote: 'The Rosebud' is in full bloom & will be played when you & I are asleep'. Click on the audio... |
 JSS0711 |
Sandy Cameron | Skinner developed the technique of composing bagpipe style tunes for fiddle, and many of them were extremely successful. This is a marvellous tune to dance to. You can listen to Skinner's own version by clicking on the audio link (cd17a). |
 JSS0712 |
The Weeping Birches of Kilmorack | Skinner provides the background to this composition in the note at the foot of the page. Note his own special bowing marks - the flat slur in bar 1 and the loop above bars 6 and 8. Compare this published version with a handwritten version (JSS0257). Click on the audio link below to listen to Skinner... |
 JSS0713 |
Title page, Cairngorm Series no 9 | The cover of Skinner's Cairngorm Series published by Bayley and Ferguson in 1922. The titles of the music in each of the nine items are given, so the prospective purchaser can decide which to buy. Some are new tunes, while others have been published before. This is the cover for 'No. 9', which contains... |
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