The Meikleour Beeches
| ID | JSS0624 |
| Title | The Meikleour Beeches |
| Document Reference | MS3088 |
| Format | 238 x 300 mm |
| Medium | Handwritten music on lined sheet |
| Item Type | Manuscript |
| Subject | Scottish Music |
| Item Description | Manuscript, in Gavin Greig's hand, of page 155 in Skinner's Harp and Claymore Collection. This is the final draft, the copy used by the printers when they set the music for publication. Afterwards, the publishers Bayley and Ferguson (London and Glasgow) returned the draft copy to Greig. The Meikleour Beeches form 'A famous hedge near Blairgowrie [Perthshire], some 80 feet in height. Said to have been planted in 1746 [the year the Jacobite war ended].' The music was arranged by George Riddell (1852-1942), shoemaker, fiddler, composer, and writer from Rosehearty, near Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. |
| Creator | James Scott Skinner |
| Creator Manuscript | Gavin Greig |
| Arranger | George Riddell |
| Time Period | 1800 - 1900's |
| Associated Dates: Manuscript | c.1900 |
| Related Images | MS2726 |
| Relationships | JSS0181, JSS0182 |
| Location | University of Aberdeen |
| Collection Name | Harp & Claymore (Argo) |
| Copyright | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/historic/documents/copyright |
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