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MacDougall Gillies' Pipes

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MacDougall Gillies' Pipes
ID JSS0162
Title MacDougall Gillies' Pipes
Document Reference MS2726/164a
Format 230 x 298 mm
Medium Handwritten music on lined sheet
Item Type Manuscript
Subject Scottish Music, Bagpipe Music, Piobroch
Item Description Manuscript in Skinner's hand. John MacDougall Gillies won the Highland Society of London's Gold medal for Piobaireachd in 1884. The single line melody shows the careful attention paid to the 'cuttings' - the small notes which decorate the main melody. These were probably added by Gillies himself. (See JSS0163, JSS0164.)
Creator James Scott Skinner
Creator Manuscript James Scott Skinner
Time Period 1880's - 1900's
Associated Dates: Manuscript 1884
Related Images MS2726/164b
Relationships JSS0163, JSS0164, JSS)629
Location University of Aberdeen
Collection Name Harp & Claymore
Copyright http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/historic/documents/copyright

 

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