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Willie Blair
ID JSS0729
Title Willie Blair
Document Reference LO 786.45 Sk3
Format 250 x 348 mm
Medium Printed Music sheet
Item Type Printed Collection
Subject Scottish Music, Schottische, Willie Blair
Item Description Willie Blair was known as the Queen's Fiddler as he was virtually 'fiddler in residence' when Queen Victoria visited Balmoral. As Skinner has noted that it was composed as a sister tune to the Miller o' Hirn, it may be interesting to compare the two. See JSS0723 for The Miller o' Hirn.
Creator James Scott Skinner
Editor James Scott Skinner
Arranger James Scott Skinner
Publisher James Scott Skinner
Time Period 1870s-1880s
Associated Dates: Publication 1881
Relationships JSS0723
Location Aberdeen Central Library
Collection Name James Scott Skinner, Original Compositions
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