The Dear Auld Ha'
| ID | JSS0053 |
| Title | The Dear Auld Ha' |
| Document Reference | MS2726/42 |
| Format | 251 x 301 mm |
| Medium | pen and ink on music manuscript sheet |
| Item Type | Manuscript |
| Subject | Scottish Music, Scottish Fiddle music, Pastoral air |
| Item Description | Music in Skinner's and Greig's hands of an song arrangement of 'The Dear Auld Ha' [hame - home] by: Scott Skinner arr: by Gavin Greig'. At the left top Skinner writes that the words were 'Written by Late C. M. and Gramin - '. C. M. was probably Charles Middleton, Keith, who died in 1899, the year before the Harp and Claymore appeared. Middleton published collections of fiddle music, including one by Peter Milne, Skinner's friend from his boyhood, as well as a newspaper, the Keith Sentinel, for several years. Gramin was the pen-name of song-writer George Gordon Ingram, for whom Skinner wrote music mentioned elsewhere. The piece, in D major, lacks a time signature, but is in 4/4. There are 4 three-stave systems, the top the violin, the second and third for the piano part. In the top left margin Skinner writes 'Sym', short for a Symphony, here meaning the three-bar introduction to the piece. Some of the notes in the piano part are incomplete - without noteheads. Gavin Greig clearly knows which chords he plans to write, but hasn't thought it necessary to include them at this stage. |
| Creator | James Scott Skinner |
| Creator Manuscript | James Scott Skinner |
| Arranger | Gavin Greig |
| Time Period | 1890's - 1900's |
| Related Images | MS2726/42a, b |
| Relationships | JSS0054-0055 |
| Location | University of Aberdeen |
| Collection Name | Harp & Claymore |
| Copyright | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/historic/documents/copyright |
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