Peter Laing (The Elgin Centenarian)
| ID | JSS0121 |
| Title | Peter Laing (The Elgin Centenarian) |
| Document Reference | MS2726/119 |
| Format | 236 x 297 mm |
| Medium | pen and ink on music manuscript sheet |
| Item Type | Manuscript |
| Subject | Music, Scottish Fiddle Music, Strathspey, Peter Laing,Botriphnie, Elgin |
| Item Description | This 'Strathspey for Virtuoso', in Skinner's hand, has a sprightly first section. The piece is clearly fingered and bowed, with accents and dynamic marking which would make it attractive and cheerful. Like the following reel 'The Blacksmith of Botriphnie' (JSS0122), it has quite high notes (up the fingerboard) for the fiddler. Peter Laing, the 'Blacksmith', may have worked at Botriphnie House, Banffshire, a 'shooting-seat' [sporting estate] for Admiral Duff' in the 1840s. (See JSS0122.) |
| Creator | James Scott Skinner |
| Creator Manuscript | James Scott Skinner |
| Arranger | James Scott Skinner |
| Time Period | 1890's - 1900's |
| Related Images | JSS0122 |
| Location | University of Aberdeen |
| Collection Name | Harp & Claymore |
| Copyright | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/historic/documents/copyright |
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