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Image	Title	Item Description
JSS0816	Knockie	Knockie refers to Captain Simon Fraser of Knockie, active during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Fraser was a marvellous composer of Highland fiddle music, and Skinner greatly admired his work. Here he has tried to compose a tune in the style of Fraser.
JSS0817	Good Night	Good Night is an interesting setting for four voices, fiddle and piano - not a usual occurence in Skinner's work. (See JSS0823 for page 2). At the foot of the page, Skinner has also thanked his publisher and friends and notes that not all poems have been published and that some airs have been re-named.
JSS0818	Page 1 of 4, Abridged Criticisms from The Logie Collection of Original Music	Skinner usually included reviews and criticisms at the back of his publications. Apart from being a convention of the time, it was also a useful advertising method. Only good reviews were included!
JSS0819	Page 2 of 4, Abridged Criticisms from The Logie Collection of Original Music	Skinner usually included reviews and criticisms at the back of his publications. Apart from being a convention of the time, it was also a useful advertising method. Only good reviews were included!
JSS0820	Page 3 of 4, Abridged Criticisms from The Logie Collection of Original Music	Skinner usually included reviews and criticisms at the back of his publications. Apart from being a convention of the time, it was also a useful advertising method. Only good reviews were included!
JSS0821	Page 4 of 4, Abridged Criticisms from The Logie Collection of Original Music	Skinner usually included reviews and criticisms at the back of his publications. Apart from being a convention of the time, it was also a useful advertising method. Only good reviews were included!
JSS0823	Will o' the Wisp	Skinner has noted here that this melody is meant to depict Tarantism. Sufferers felt compelled to dance on hearing music.
JSS0824	Peter Milne	This image of Peter Milne, the 'Tarland Fiddler' was used in the 1st installment of Skinner's 'My Life and Adventures'. It appeared in the Peoples Journal on 3rd February 1923. Skinner looked on Milne as a 'genius' and continued to play Milne's compositions and use them in his own collections, throughout his career.
JSS0825	Image of James Scott Skinner aged c. 30	This image of James Scott Skinner was included in the second installment of 'My Life and Adventures', a serialised autobiography. This posed, studio portrait shows him to be well dressed, sporting a fashionable cravat and holding his fiddle up, so that his status as a musician is clear.
JSS0826	Image of James Scott Skinner and his brother Sandy	This early image of Skinner and his brother Sandy may have originally been intended as a publicity portrait. It shows the brothers in smart suits, complete with waistcoats, cravats and watch chains. Both seem to be holding their fiddles awkwardly. Sandy Skinner taught his young brother James to play the fiddle. The brothers taught dance and played together for many years.

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