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Page 5 of 8 of Highland Dancing in the Olden Times
JSS0333 		Page 5 of 8 of Highland Dancing in the Olden Times Page 5 of 8 of a Victorian article about Highland Dancing. Here the author discusses reels and strathspeys as well as the now lost, dramatic dances of the Gaelic speaking Highlands and Islands of Scotland. He describes story-telling in Highland Dance and includes describptions of Dannsa nam Boc (The...
Page 6 of 8 of Highland Dancing in the Olden Times
JSS0334 		Page 6 of 8 of Highland Dancing in the Olden Times Page 6 of 8 of a Victorian article about Highland Dancing. Here, the author describes the first part of the dramatic dance, Croit an Dreathan (The Wren's Croft).
Page 7 of 8 of Highland Dancing in the Olden Times
JSS0335 		Page 7 of 8 of Highland Dancing in the Olden Times Page 7 of 8 of a Victorian article about Highland Dancing. The author completes the description of the dramatic dance, Crait an Drethan (The Wren's Croft)begun in JSS0334, and discusses the instruments used in Gaelic music.
Page 8 of 8 of Highland Dancing in the Olden Times
JSS0336 		Page 8 of 8 of Highland Dancing in the Olden Times Page 8 of 8 of a Victorian article about Highland Dancing. The author discusses the bagpipes and their origin.
Cover for The Gesto Collection of Highland Music
JSS0337 		Cover for The Gesto Collection of Highland Music Cover Lithograph for Dr Keith Norman MacDonald's Gesto Collection of Highland Music. The illustration includes the McLeod of Gesto clan badge. The illustration is by Oscar Brandstetter, who also engraved and printed the collection. He engraved and printed music Skinner had published through Charles Middleton,...
Gesto Collection, Preface, page 1 of 2
JSS0338 		Gesto Collection, Preface, page 1 of 2 Page 1 of 2 of Keith Norman MacDonald's Preface to his Gesto Collection of Highland Music.
Gesto Collection, Preface, page 2 of 2
JSS0339 		Gesto Collection, Preface, page 2 of 2 Page 2 of 2 of Keith Norman MacDonald's Preface to his Gesto Collection of Highland Music.
Gesto Collection, Index, page 1 of 3
JSS0340 		Gesto Collection, Index, page 1 of 3 Page 1 of 3 of the Index to Keith Norman MacDonald's Gesto Collection of Highland Music.
Gesto Collection, Index, page 2 of 3
JSS0341 		Gesto Collection, Index, page 2 of 3 Page 2 of 3 of the Index to Keith Norman MacDonald's Gesto Collection of Highland Music.
Gesto Collection, Index, page 3 of 3
JSS0342 		Gesto Collection, Index, page 3 of 3 Page 3 of 3 of the Index to Keith Norman MacDonald's Gesto Collection of Highland Music.

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