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Professor Scott
ID JSS0742
Title Professor Scott
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 Professor Scott was another of Skinner's mentors. He taught Skinner to dance in the early 1860s. Skinner adopted Scott's name as part of his own professional name. In later years, Scott toured the North of Scotland as a member of Skinner's concert parties, reciting poems in the Buchan dialect of North East Aberdeenshire.
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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