Mrs Walford Bodie
| ID | JSS0263 |
| Title | Mrs Walford Bodie |
| Document Reference | x/257/3s |
| Format | 386 x 290 mm |
| Medium | Handwritten music on brown paper |
| Item Type | Manuscript |
| Subject | Scottish Music, Reel |
| Item Description | Skinner has written this melody on poor quality brown paper, and the left hand side has been torn off. Descriptive messages at various points show that the melody was meant to depict a train journey: 'Leaving the Village lights', 'A sterile glen', 'steam's up', 'hame again'. 'Mrs Walford Bodie' was the wife of Samuel Murphy Bodie, the dapper Scottish music-hall entertainer known as Dr Walford Bodie. 'The Electrical Wizard of the North', he used static electricity to astonish his audiences. A friend of the escapologist 'The Great (Harry) Houdini', he also performed as a hypnotist and ventriloquist. Skinner is impressed with his own work: 'A rare second strain & no poverty of invention.' He dedicates the melody to: 'My loved friend & Pupil Jim McPherson.' |
| Creator | James Scott Skinner |
| Creator Manuscript | James Scott Skinner |
| Arranger | James Scott Skinner |
| Time Period | 1900s |
| Location | Angus Archives |
| Collection Name | James Macpherson |
| Copyright | copyright_angus.shtml |
Historic Collections · Kings
College · Old Aberdeen · AB24 3SW
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