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Note about Merrily Rins the Burnie
JSS0223 		Note about Merrily Rins the Burnie Manuscript in Skinner's hand, found on the versos of two manuscript pages not given here [MS2726 220b, 'Gatherin' o' the Gunns', & MS2726 222 'Merrily Rins the Burnie']. 'Composed 14 May 1903'. 'The lark sings careless of his tunes so pray excuse & do your best'.
Register for Whitehills Primary School, 1894
JSS0224 		Register for Whitehills Primary School, 1894 This register cover is from Whitehills Primary School, New Deer, Aberdeenshire, 1894, where Gavin Greig was headteacher. He used the cover as a folder for some of Skinner's Harp & Claymore manuscript items. This is now part of the University of Aberdeen's MS 2726, the manuscript copy of Skinner's Harp...
Whitehills Primary School Register, 1894
JSS0225 		Whitehills Primary School Register, 1894 The image shows the first part of the register for the second half of the school year. It also shows attendances by Gavin Greig junior.
Whitehills Primary School Register, 1894
JSS0226 		Whitehills Primary School Register, 1894 This part of the register shows that in New Deer, Aberdeenshire, in July 1894, children had only one week's holiday from school.
Whitehills Primary School Register, 1894
JSS0227 		Whitehills Primary School Register, 1894 In 1894, the Harvest Holiday ran from the end of August to the second week in October.
Letter from J Scott Skinner to James Macpherson
JSS0228 		Letter from J Scott Skinner to James Macpherson Skinner has written this 'stop' hornpipe out on a letter for his pupil, James MacPherson of Kirriemuir. The music only 'breathes' at the end of each eight bar section. Notice how Skinner has marked the articulation - you can see an example of his own flat slur at bar 2, and the number of bows to a bar...
Studies in Shifting chiefly in 1st four positions
JSS0229 		Studies in Shifting chiefly in 1st four positions Skinner writes 'Studies in shifting chiefly in 1st four positions. Specially written by J. Scott Skinner. Master the 1st 4 positions and you easily find the other three.' The first study goes through each note of the scale, and to 'play this study in various keys.' The 2nd study, formed around a broken...
Music manuscript addressed to James Macpherson
JSS0230 		Music manuscript addressed to James Macpherson Manuscript music, 'Studies in shifting chiefly in 1st four positions', stamped and addressed to Mr James McPherson, 8 James Street, Kirriemuir. Letter post from Scott Skinner.
O' A' the Airts
JSS0231 		O' A' the Airts Slow air. 'Fingered by J. Scott Skinner'. Cello line also given. Dedicated: 'To my energetic pupil, James Macpherson, Monikie 22 March 1907'.
The Thrums Cairn
JSS0232 		The Thrums Cairn Skinner has written out this tune on the outside of an envelope which is postmarked 3.30 pm Oct 28 1908 Dundee. It was sent to James McPherson of Kirriemuir. 'Thrums' is a local name for Kirriemuir, popularised in J M Barrie's novel, 'A Window in Thrums'. Skinner refers his pupil McPherson to the 'Cairngorm...

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