The Sadness of Life
| ID | JSS0034 |
| Title | The Sadness of Life |
| Document Reference | MS2726/17 |
| Format | 227 x 221mm |
| Medium | Handwritten, ink on music manuscript paper |
| Item Type | Manuscript |
| Subject | Scottish Music, Pastoral |
| Item Description | This 'Eerie Pastoral' by Skinner, dated 10th September 1890, is dedicated to his friend and early mentor, Peter Milne. Milne, an opium addict, was an invalid for the last ten years of his life and died in 1908. Skinner has marked the music 'Grave & Intensely'and states that the music is to be played 'Hopelessly'. He has included a quote from Tennyson at the bottom of the page: 'Ah! That a man would arise in me That the man I am may cease to be'. |
| Creator | James Scott Skinner |
| Creator Manuscript | James Scott Skinner |
| Arranger | James Scott Skinner |
| Time Period | 1890 - 1903 |
| Associated Dates: Creation | 1890-09-10 |
| Associated Dates: Manuscript | 1890-09-10 |
| Related Images | MS2726 |
| Location | University of Aberdeen |
| Collection Name | Harp & Claymore |
| Copyright | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/historic/documents/copyright |
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