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JSS0624	The Meikleour Beeches	Manuscript, in Gavin Greig's hand, of page 155 in Skinner's Harp and Claymore Collection. 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. The Meikleour Beeches form 'A famous hedge near Blairgowrie [Perthshire], some 80 feet in height. Said to have been planted in 1746 [the year the Jacobite war ended].' The music was arranged by George Riddell (1852-1942), shoemaker, fiddler, composer, and writer from Rosehearty, near Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.
JSS0625	The Minstrel to his Soul	Manuscript, in Gavin Greig's hand, of the first tune on page 157 in Skinner's Harp and Claymore Collection. 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.
JSS0626	Herr Roloff's Farewell	Manuscript, in Gavin Greig's hand, of the first tune on page 158 in Skinner's Harp and Claymore Collection. Greig has preserved the quaver movement idea that Roloff used in his own arrangement of the tune, but has simplified it. This is the final draft, the copy used by the printers when they set the music for publication. Afterwards, the publishers returned the draft copy to Greig.
JSS0627	Page 1 of 2, Sarona	Manuscript, in Gavin Greig's hand, of page 162 in Skinner's Harp and Claymore Collection. 'Sarona' is the old Greek name for the 'plain of Sharon', near Mt Carmel, in the middle east. It was the name of the house where the dedicatee, 'W. Ferrier, Broughty Ferry', lived. This is the final draft, the copy used by the printers when they set the music for publication. Afterwards, the publishers returned the draft copy to Greig.
JSS0628	Page 2 of 2, Sarona	Manuscript, in Gavin Greig's hand, of page 163 in Skinner's Harp and Claymore Collection. 'Sarona' is the old Greek name for the 'plain of Sharon', near Mt Carmel, in the middle east. It was the name of the house where the dedicatee, 'W. Ferrier, Broughty Ferry', lived. 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.
JSS0629	MacDougall Gillies' Pipes	Manuscript, in Gavin Greig's hand, of the first tune on page 182 in Skinner's Harp and Claymore Collection. Aberdeen piper John MacDougall Gillies won the Highland Society of London's Gold Medal for Piobaireachd in 1884. (Recordings of his last pupil, William Barrie, made when he was 80, are still available.) 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.
JSS0630	My bonnet blue lies stained and bloody or The Farewell	Manuscript, in Gavin Greig's hand, of the second tune on page 182 in Skinner's Harp and Claymore Collection. Skinner's emotive title was altered to the calmer 'The Composer's Farewell' before publication. This is the final draft, the copy used by the printers when they set the music for publication. Compare this with the versions from Skinner's manuscript collection: JSS0039, JSS0040, JSS0042.
JSS0631	Various Accompaniments to the Pipe Marches	Manuscript in Gavin Greig's hand of short music examples showing some ways in which pipe marches can be arranged for piano. He doesn't like chords with the interval of 'the 3rd, in Pipe Music'.
JSS0632	Ossian	Final proof copy of page 7 of the Harp and Claymore collection. Once the printer has set the music and text, a 'final proof' copy is printed and returned to the author for corrections. The corrections are marked in red ink. You can listen to Skinner playing this by clicking on the audio link below (cd19a)
JSS0633	The Valley of Silence	Final proof copy of page 8 of the Harp and Claymore collection. Once the printer has set the music and text, a 'final proof' copy is printed and returned to the author for corrections. The single correction here is an octave C added in the bass clef in the last bar.

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