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JSS0674	Ettrick Vale Quadrille, no 5, page 4 of 4	A new dance, the quadrille, was introduced to Scotland from France around 1815, and was soon danced in the United States, and Australia. Part 5 concludes with a variation (presumably Skinner's) on 'Mary's Dream'. Click on the audio link below.
JSS0675	The Fallen Chief, page 1 of 2	One of Skinner's compositions from No. 8 of his Cairngorm Collection (sheet music), which came out in 1922. Click on the audio link to hear Skinner's performance.
JSS0676	The Fallen Chief, page 2 of 2	The second page of JSS0675, which appeared in No. 6 of his Cairngorm Collection (sheet music), in 1922. Click on the audio link to hear Skinner playing the whole tune.
JSS0677	The Flower o' Braemar, page 1 of 5	The cover of Skinner's 1922 sheet music. James Leatham (1865-1945) was a 19th-early 20th-century socialist writer. The University of Aberdeen holds more than 70 of his works, including a letter to the then Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald.
JSS0678	The Flower o' Braemar, page 2 of 5	James Leatham (1865-1945) was a printer, socialist pioneer, writer and publisher. He wrote the words to go with Skinner's melody. Skinner wrote the 'Gateway Strathspey' in honour of Leatham's periodical, The Gateway. The accompaniment is more suited to the piano than those that Skinner provided himself.
JSS0679	The Flower o' Braemar, page 3 of 5	James Leatham (1865-1945) was a printer, socialist pioneer, writer and publisher. He wrote the words to go with Skinner's melody. Skinner wrote the 'Gateway Strathspey' in honour of Leatham's periodical, The Gateway. The accompaniment is more suited to the piano than those that Skinner provided himself.
JSS0680	The Flower o' Braemar, page 4 of 5	James Leatham (1865-1945) was a printer, socialist pioneer, writer and publisher. He wrote the words to go with Skinner's melody. Skinner wrote the 'Gateway Strathspey' in honour of Leatham's periodical, The Gateway. The accompaniment is more suited to the piano than those that Skinner provided himself.
JSS0681	The Flower o' Braemar, page 5 of 5	James Leatham (1865-1945) was a printer, socialist pioneer, writer and publisher. He wrote the words to go with Skinner's melody. Skinner wrote the 'Gateway Strathspey' in honour of Leatham's periodical, The Gateway. The accompaniment is more suited to the piano than those that Skinner provided himself.
JSS0682	Forbes Morrison	Page 5 of Skinner's 1922 sheet music 'The Flower o' Braemar. Forbes Morrison (b. Tarves, Aberdeenshire 1833) came second to Skinner in the strathspey competition in Inverness in 1863 which greatly enhanced his reputation. You can listen to Skinner playing this by clicking on the audio link (cd16d).
JSS0683	Title page, Glengrant and the Gladstone Reel, Monikie Series	Skinner's Monikie Series (N0. 2)of sheet music is similar to the Cairngorm Series. It featured both new and old compositions. Skinner lived in Monikie, near Dundee, until his second wife, Gertrude, left him in 1909.

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