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Carnies Canter
ID JSS0738
Title Carnies Canter
Document Reference LO 786.45 Sk3
Format 250 x 348 mm
Medium Printed Music sheet
Item Type Printed Collection
Subject Scottish Music, Reel
Item Description Skinner wrote this excellent and still popular reel 'Carnie's Canter' for Aberdonian William Carnie (b. 1824). He was a Kirk Precentor, and journalist (the Aberdeen Herald, The Times, and The Scotsman), who wrote the words for Skinner's 'To ane far awa' for the Harp and Claymore (see JSS0059, JSS0060).
Creator James Scott Skinner
Editor James Scott Skinner
Arranger James Scott Skinner
Publisher James Scott Skinner
Time Period 1870s-1880s
Associated Dates: Publication 1881
Location Aberdeen Central Library
Collection Name James Scott Skinner, Original Compositions
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