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 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'. |
 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 and Claymore collection. |
 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. |
 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. |
 JSS0227 |
Whitehills Primary School Register, 1894 | In 1894, the Harvest Holiday ran from the end of August to the second week in October. |
 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 (the numbers interspersed here and there). When he sent it to MacPherson, it was still unpublished. You can listen to Skinner playing this by clicking on the audio link (cd118b). |
 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 chord goes through 3 octaves: G, D and A. 'Play 12 times'. |
 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. |
 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'. |
 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 Manuscript in the hands of D Morrison Beauly'. He published this melody in his Monikie series. You can listen to Skinner playing this melody by clicking on the audio link (cd23c). |
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