Talisker (poem)
| ID | JSS0762 |
| Title | Talisker (poem) |
| Document Reference | LO 786.45 Sk3 |
| Format | 250 x 348 mm |
| Medium | Printed page |
| Item Type | Sheet Music |
| Subject | Scottish Music, Poem to accompany the melody |
| Item Description | La Teste's humourous poem (which uses North East Scotland dialect in a West Highland accent!), praises Talisker whisky at the expenses of the distilleries around his native Elgin. The poem is not set to the music - it is merely intended to accompany the melody. Note in the last verse, the reference to Professor John Stuart Blackie, the first professor of Celtic at Edinburgh University who wrote an introduction to Skinner's Logie Collection. |
| Creator | La Teste |
| Publisher | James Scott Skinner |
| Time Period | 1880s |
| Associated Dates: Creation | 1882 |
| Associated Dates: Publication | 1883 |
| Relationships | JSS0730, JSS0760, JSS0761, JSS0763 |
| Location | University of Aberdeen |
| Collection Name | James Scott Skinner, Original Compositions |
| Copyright | copyright_abdnlib.shtml |
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