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Page 1 of 3, Letter and Prospectus relative to the Airs and Melodies peculiar to The Highlands of Scotland
JSS0533 		Page 1 of 3, Letter and Prospectus relative to the Airs and Melodies peculiar to The Highlands of Scotland In 1815 Simon Fraser of Knockie (1773-1852) had applied to the Highland Society of Scotland (now the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society, Ingliston, near Edinburgh) for funding towards his publishing project. This document would have been circulated by booksellers to potential subscribers and other...
Page 2 of 3, Letter and Prospectus relative to the Airs and Melodies peculiar to The Highlands of Scotland
JSS0534 		Page 2 of 3, Letter and Prospectus relative to the Airs and Melodies peculiar to The Highlands of Scotland In 1815 Simon Fraser of Knockie (1773-1852) had applied to the Highland Society of Scotland (now the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society, Ingliston, near Edinburgh) for funding towards his publishing project. This document would have been circulated by booksellers to potential subscribers and other...
Page 3 of 3, Letter and Prospectus relative to the Airs and Melodies peculiar to The Highlands of Scotland
JSS0535 		Page 3 of 3, Letter and Prospectus relative to the Airs and Melodies peculiar to The Highlands of Scotland In 1815 Simon Fraser of Knockie (1773-1852) had applied to the Highland Society of Scotland (now the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society, Ingliston, near Edinburgh) for funding towards his publishing project. This document would have been circulated by booksellers to potential subscribers and other...
Lady Lovat
JSS0536 		Lady Lovat This beautiful melody flows so elegantly. The instruction: 'Slow accented Strathspey Style' should remind the player that this is a solo strathspey and therefore for listening to rather than for dancing to. 'Mac Shimi' (son of Simon) is the name applied to the Fraser of Lovat chief which dates back to...
Contents, Scotch MS Tunes 1730-1760
JSS0537 		Contents, Scotch MS Tunes 1730-1760 The 'James Christie' manuscript attracted attention from Aberdonian bibliophile William Walker in 1918. Letters from Walker and others interested in the musical Christie family are found elsewhere on this site. This note, which Walker glued to the inside of the manuscript, is a list of tunes from the...
Provenance note by William Walker, re. Scotch MS Tunes 1730-1760
JSS0538 		Provenance note by William Walker, re. Scotch MS Tunes 1730-1760 Research by Walker and others into the Christie family of Monquhitter, (from JSS0505) included this 'James Christie MS 1730-1760'. Walker begins 'I got this manuscript from Mrs Paterson, Mackie Place sometime about 1873. - Her step-daughter was married to Mr Christie Procurator Fiscal Banff whose father's...
Snuff in the Black Mill
JSS0539 		Snuff in the Black Mill Three tunes (melody only) from the 'James Christie MS 1730-1760'. The 'Black Mill' is probably a snuff mill, or mull. A simpler form of 'O'er Bogie', it is one of the oldest North-east tunes known. This could be the earliest known version of the reel 'Mary Gray', which didn't appear in print until after...
The Flowers of the Forest
JSS0540 		The Flowers of the Forest Two tunes (melody only) from the 'James Christie MS 1730-1760'. 'Flow[e]rs of the Forest', here in a decorated version, is associated with the Battle of Flodden Field, 1513, where many Scottish nobles, including King James IV, died. 'The Rog[ue]s March', also found in other manuscripts, is likely to...
Page 1 of 2, Quadrilles, compered from admired Scotch Airs
JSS0541 		Page 1 of 2, Quadrilles, compered from admired Scotch Airs Page 1 of manuscript, in James Webster's hand (see JSS0545), of 'Quadrilles Compered [composed, compiled?] from admired Scotch Airs', The dances were imported to Scotland from France around 1815, and became very popular. They used a wide variety of contrasting melodies. Webster has used 'Willie was a...
Page 2 of 2, Quadrilles, compered from admired Scotch Airs
JSS0542 		Page 2 of 2, Quadrilles, compered from admired Scotch Airs Page 2 of manuscript, in James Webster's hand (see JSS0545), of 'Quadrilles Compered [composed, compiled?] from admired Scotch Airs', The dances were imported to Scotland from France around 1815, and became very popular. They used a wide variety of contrasting melodies. Webster has used 'The White Cockade'...

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