The South of the Grampians
| ID | JSS0090 |
| Title | The South of the Grampians |
| Document Reference | MS2726/81 |
| Format | 255 x 217 mm |
| Medium | pen & ink on music manuscript paper |
| Item Type | Manuscript |
| Subject | Music, Scottish Fiddle Music, Strathspey, Grampians, Porteous |
| Item Description | Manuscript in Gavin Greig's hand of the: 'Strathspey. The South of the Grampians. (by) A. Porteous Dancing Master arr(anged) by Gavin Greig. This version is almost identical to that published in the Harp and Claymore, differing only in a few bass notes. Skinner had also found out more about Porteous by then, perhaps from David Baptie's Musical Scotland (1894), where the name and dates - James Porteous (1762-1847) - are the same as those in the Harp and Claymore. According to Baptie, this strathspey was originally called 'The Balance of Comfort', or 'Miss Rogerson's'. Porteous is said to have been born in Ecclefechan, and died in Annan. The Grampians are the mountains of Scotland's largest mainland mountain range. |
| Creator | A Porteous |
| Creator Manuscript | Gavin Greig |
| Time Period | 1890's-1900's |
| Location | University of Aberdeen |
| Collection Name | Harp & Claymore |
| Copyright | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/historic/documents/copyright |
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