Further Reading
If you have enjoyed looking at the music and dance in this site, you may be interested in some of the following publications.
Music
| Alburger, Mary Anne | Scottish Fiddlers and their Music The Hardie Press, Edinburgh 1996 |
| Baptie, David | Musical Scotland, Past and Present Parlane, Paisley 1894 |
| Honeyman, William C | Scottish Violin Makers Scotpress, Morgantown, Richmond, 1984 |
| Honeyman, William C | Strathspey Players Past and Present The Hardie Press, Edinburgh (n.d.) |
| Johnson, David | Music and Society in Lowland Scotland in the Eighteenth Century Oxford University Press, London 1972 |
| Johnson, David | Scottish Fiddle Music in the Eighteenth Century Mercat Press, Edinburgh 1997 |
| Purser, John | Scotland’s Music Mainstream, Edinburgh 1993 |
| Skinner, J Scott | A Guide to Bowing The Hardie Press, Edinburgh 1996 |
Biography
| Emmerson, George S | Rantin’ Pipe and Tremblin’ String, A History
of Scottish Dance Music Dent, London 1971 |
| Hargreaves, J | 150 Years of the great Scott Skinner Leopard Magazine June 1993, (40-41) |
| Henderson, J Murdoch | The Scottish Music Maker Glasgow 1957 |
| Junner, J | The Strathspey King, J. Scott Skinner Braemar Gathering Scottish Annual 1956 (245-252) |
| Junner, J | Scott Skinner The Strathspey King The Scots Magazine November 1960 (92-99) |
| Junner, J | When the ‘King’ Played Before the Queen, Deeside Field No 20, 1988 (26-28) |
| McRobert, A T | James Scott Skinner 1843-1927 Scottish Notes & Queries 3rd Series, Vol 13 (83-85) |
| Morgan, D | James Scott Skinner 5 August 1843-17 March 1927 Leopard Magazine March 1977, (6-7) |
| Skinner, James Scott | My Life and Adventures City of Aberdeen Arts and Recreation Department, Aberdeen 1994 |
Dance
The following publications are just a small sample of what is available. The Fletts’ books in particular, have full and excellent bibliographies.
| Ballantyne, P | Fashionable Dancing – The Dance Manuals of
James Scott Skinner Northern Scotland No 23, 2003, (107-116) |
| Emmerson, George S | A Social History of Scottish Dance McGill-Queen’s University Press, Montreal and London, 1972 |
| Flett, J P & T M | Traditional Dancing in Scotland Routledge & Keegan Paul, London, 1964 |
| Flett, J P & T M | Traditional Step-Dancing in Scotland Scottish Cultural Press, Edinburgh, 1996 |
Scottish Fiddle Music
| Fraser, Captain S | Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of
Scotland and the Isles Cranford Publications, Cape Breton 1982 |
| Glen J | The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music The Highland Music Trust, 2001 |
| Hardie, A | The Caledonian Companion The Hardie Press, Edinburgh 1981 |
| Hardie, W | The Beauties of the North The Hardie Press, Edinburgh (n.d.) |
| Macdonald, Dr K N | The Skye Collection Cranford Publications, Cape Breton 1979 |
| Marshall, W | Marshall’s Scottish Melodies, Airs, Strathspeys,
Reels, Jigs &c Fiddlecase Books, Peterborough, NH, USA 1978 |
| Robertson, J S | The Athole Collection of the Dance Music of Scotland Balnain House, Inverness 1996 |
| Skinner, J S | The Logie Collection of Original Music City of Aberdeen Arts & Recreation Division, Aberdeen 1992 |
| Skinner, J S | The Miller o’ Hirn Collection City of Aberdeen Arts & Recreation Division, Aberdeen 2002 |
| Skinner, J S | The Scottish Violinist Bayley & Ferguson, Glasgow 1900 |
| Walker, A A | Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches Cranford Publications, Cape Breton 1997 |
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