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G S Mackay
ID JSS0617
Title G S Mackay
Document Reference MS3088
Format 238 x 300 mm
Medium Handwritten music on lined sheet
Item Type Manuscript
Subject Scottish Music, Hornpipe
Item Description Manuscript, in Gavin Greig's hand, of the second tune on page 128 of Skinner's Harp and Claymore Collection. Mackay was a 'Fellow member with the Composer of Dr Mark's "Little Men". (Skinner was apprenticed to the Manchester-based band when he was nine years old.) 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.
Creator James Scott Skinner
Creator Manuscript Gavin Greig
Time Period 1800 - 1900's
Associated Dates: Manuscript c.1900
Related Images MS2726
Location University of Aberdeen
Collection Name Harp & Claymore (Argo)
Copyright http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/historic/documents/copyright

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