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Page 5 of 8 of Highland Dancing in the Olden Times
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Page 5 of 8 of Highland Dancing in the Olden Times Page 5 of 8 of a Victorian article about Highland Dancing. Here the author discusses reels and strathspeys as well as the now lost, dramatic dances of the Gaelic speaking Highlands and Islands of Scotland. He describes story-telling in Highland Dance and includes describptions of Dannsa nam Boc (The Goat Dance), Dannsa an Chleasa (The Cloak Dance), Crait [Croit] an Dreathan (The Wren's Croft).
Page 6 of 8 of Highland Dancing in the Olden Times
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Page 6 of 8 of Highland Dancing in the Olden Times Page 6 of 8 of a Victorian article about Highland Dancing. Here, the author describes the first part of the dramatic dance, Croit an Dreathan (The Wren's Croft).
Page 7 of 8 of Highland Dancing in the Olden Times
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Page 7 of 8 of Highland Dancing in the Olden Times Page 7 of 8 of a Victorian article about Highland Dancing. The author completes the description of the dramatic dance, Crait an Drethan (The Wren's Croft)begun in JSS0334, and discusses the instruments used in Gaelic music.
Page 8 of 8 of Highland Dancing in the Olden Times
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Page 8 of 8 of Highland Dancing in the Olden Times Page 8 of 8 of a Victorian article about Highland Dancing. The author discusses the bagpipes and their origin.
Cover for The Gesto Collection of Highland Music
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Cover for The Gesto Collection of Highland Music Cover Lithograph for Dr Keith Norman MacDonald's Gesto Collection of Highland Music. The illustration includes the McLeod of Gesto clan badge. The illustration is by Oscar Brandstetter, who also engraved and printed the collection. He engraved and printed music Skinner had published through Charles Middleton, Keith, Aberdeenshire.
Gesto Collection, Preface, page 1 of 2
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Gesto Collection, Preface, page 1 of 2 Page 1 of 2 of Keith Norman MacDonald's Preface to his Gesto Collection of Highland Music.
Gesto Collection, Preface, page 2 of 2
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Gesto Collection, Preface, page 2 of 2 Page 2 of 2 of Keith Norman MacDonald's Preface to his Gesto Collection of Highland Music.
Gesto Collection, Index, page 1 of 3
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Gesto Collection, Index, page 1 of 3 Page 1 of 3 of the Index to Keith Norman MacDonald's Gesto Collection of Highland Music.
Gesto Collection, Index, page 2 of 3
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Gesto Collection, Index, page 2 of 3 Page 2 of 3 of the Index to Keith Norman MacDonald's Gesto Collection of Highland Music.
Gesto Collection, Index, page 3 of 3
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Gesto Collection, Index, page 3 of 3 Page 3 of 3 of the Index to Keith Norman MacDonald's Gesto Collection of Highland Music.

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