The South of the Grampians

ID

JSS0090

Title

The South of the Grampians

Document Reference

MS2726/81

Format

255 x 217 mm

Medium

pen & ink on music manuscript paper

Item Type

Manuscript

Subject

Music, Scottish Fiddle Music, Strathspey, Grampians, Porteous

Item Description

Manuscript in Gavin Greig's hand of the: 'Strathspey. The South of the Grampians. (by) A. Porteous Dancing Master arr(anged) by Gavin Greig. This version is almost identical to that published in the Harp and Claymore, differing only in a few bass notes. Skinner had also found out more about Porteous by then, perhaps from David Baptie's Musical Scotland (1894), where the name and dates - James Porteous (1762-1847) - are the same as those in the Harp and Claymore. According to Baptie, this strathspey was originally called 'The Balance of Comfort', or 'Miss Rogerson's'. Porteous is said to have been born in Ecclefechan, and died in Annan. The Grampians are the mountains of Scotland's largest mainland mountain range.

Creator

A Porteous

Creator Manuscript

Gavin Greig

Time Period

1890's-1900's

Location

University of Aberdeen

Collection Name

Harp & Claymore

Copyright

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/historic/documents/copyright