Lady Mary Ramsay
| ID | JSS0100 |
| Title | Lady Mary Ramsay |
| Document Reference | MS2726/95 |
| Format | 235 x 301 mm |
| Medium | pen & ink on music manuscript paper,with handwritten notes |
| Item Type | Manuscript |
| Subject | Music, Scottish Fiddle Music, Strathspey, Lady Mary Ramsay |
| Item Description | Manuscript in Skinner's hand of 'Strathspey - "Lady Mary Ramsay"- [by] Nathaniel Gow'. Note below [in the hand of George riddell?], on piece of paper pasted in, reads, 'This is, perhaps, the most popular of Natianiel Gow's tunes, & is played by ilka rustic on his Melodian [sic] or Concertina. The original Key is E [flat]. Keys to the musician are what colours are to the Painter. This tune is specially inserted to Roderick Kemp of Macallum [sic.: 'Macallan', a whisky], who was present as one of the Judges in Inverness Sept. 1863, when Scott Skinner gained the First Prize for Marshall's "Marquis of Huntly's Farewell".' |
| Creator | Nathaniel Gow |
| Creator Manuscript | James Scott Skinner |
| Arranger | James Scott Skinner |
| Time Period | 1890's - 1900's |
| Location | University of Aberdeen |
| Collection Name | Harp & Claymore |
| Copyright | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/historic/documents/copyright |
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College · Old Aberdeen · AB24 3SW
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