Grand old MacKintyre (variation)
| ID | JSS0074 |
| Title | Grand old MacKintyre (variation) |
| Document Reference | MS2726/63 |
| Format | 212 x 295 mm |
| Medium | pen ,ink & crayon on music manuscript paper,with handwritten notes |
| Item Type | Manuscript |
| Subject | Scottish Music, Scottish Bagpipe Music, Scottish Fiddle Music |
| Item Description | Verso of JSS0073. At the top left corner is 'Var(iatio)n 2', followed by four staves of music, containing the variation, the last two bars faint, as if Skinner was running out of ink. In the right margin (scored out with blue crayon or pencil) is 'Mr McIntyre is Com(mercial): Traveller. / Grantown / Has all my / works. he (sic) will write you him self (sic) to final(ise) title -'. Below left, in a large scrawl crossed out with blue crayon, is 'Macintyre will send title.' This tune is possibly the result either of Skinner offering to compose a tune for Macintyre, or Macintyre asking Skinner if he would. 'Grand Old Macintyre', commercial traveller, was a travelling salesman. From Skinner's erratic handwriting, they may have met one evening in a hotel or boarding house in Keith, Aberdeenshire (see JSS0073), where Skinner then lived. Macintyre might have paid Skinner to write the tune, since he had the final say on the title. |
| Creator | James Scott Skinner |
| Creator Manuscript | James Scott Skinner |
| Time Period | 1890's - 1900's |
| Related Images | MS2726/63 (variation) |
| Relationships | JSS0075 |
| Location | University of Aberdeen |
| Collection Name | Harp & Claymore |
| Copyright | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/historic/documents/copyright |
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