Title page, Airs and Melodies
| ID | JSS0532 |
| Title | Title page, Airs and Melodies |
| Document Reference | Hend inst Fra a |
| Format | 251 x 350 mm |
| Medium | Printed page |
| Item Type | Printed Collection |
| Subject | Scottish Music, Title page, Airs & Melodies |
| Item Description | This is the second edition of Simon Fraser of Knockie's 'Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles', originally published in 1816. Like Donald Dow (JSS0529, JSS0530), Fraser's (1773-1852) native language was Gaelic. He collected the melodies for many Gaelic songs. This edition was edited by his illegitimate son, Angus Fraser. Angus served in the Army for 25 years, rising to Colour Sergeant, and, after a medical discharge, returned home in 1845 to assist his father. The engraved figures of Niel Gow and a blind harper, as well as Fingal's Cave, were intended to relate the composer and his music to a wealth of the greatest of Scottish musicians. The same figures appear on Fraser's original frontispiece. |
| Creator | Captain Simon Fraser |
| Editor | Captain Simon Fraser |
| Publisher | Hugh Mackenzie, Inverness |
| Time Period | 1800-1900 |
| Associated Dates: Publication | 1874 |
| Relationships | JSS0533, JSS0534, JSS0535, JSS0536 |
| Location | University of Aberdeen |
| Collection Name | The Airs and melodies peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the isles, communicated in an Original, Pleasing and Familiar Style, Having the Lively Airs Introduced as medleys to form a sequence to each slower movement, with an Admired, Plain Harmony for the Piano Forte, Harp, Organ or Violoncello, Intended rather to preserve Simplicity than load with Embellishment |
| Copyright | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/historic/documents/copyright |
Historic Collections · Kings
College · Old Aberdeen · AB24 3SW
Tel:(0)44 1224 274312 · E-mail: scottskinner@abdn.ac.uk
