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Braes o' Auchtertyre

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Braes o' Auchtertyre
ID JSS0015
Title Braes o' Auchtertyre
Document Reference MS2726/2
Format 200 x 90 mm
Medium pen on fragment of music manuscript paper
Item Type Manuscript
Subject Scottish Music, Pastoral (or slow strathspey) for solo violin, manuscript. For Harp & Claymore
Item Description Lines 3 and 4 of Auchtertyre have been written out as Skinner would have played them, showing various devices he used. Skinner has used the key of A major, a more straightforward key for fiddlers to play in than C major, the original key of the piece.
Creator James Crockat
Creator Manuscript James Scott Skinner
Editor Gavin Greig
Arranger James Scott Skinner
Publisher Bayley & Ferguson
Time Period 1720-1900
Associated Dates: Creation c1730
Associated Dates: Publication 1903
Related Images MS2726; MS3088/1/11
Relationships JSS0013, JSS0014
Location University of Aberdeen
Collection Name Harp & Claymore
Copyright http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/historic/documents/copyright

 

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