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Highland music has received a considerable impulse of late years —thanks to the recognition which Her most Gra¬
cious Majesty Queen Victoria has always extended to the music of the Highlands, and to the efforts of the late pro¬
fessor Blackie in the same direction, and doubtless also mainly to its own intrinsic beauty.
Amongst the most satisfactory works I have seen of late, are those of Miss J. Morrison and Miss M.Williamson.
These have got the true highland ring about them, and should be followed by others. Of Highland airs, without
words, those in “The Thistle” are very melodiously arranged, and of gaelic songs with music, the best arrange¬
ments are those of Messrs. Henry Whyte of Glasgow. Lachlan Me Bain and the “Saint Columba Collection for Choir
Music” published by J. and R. Parlane Paisley, “The Celtic Lyre” and “Songs of the Gael” contain excellent transla¬
tions of all the best gaelic songs, and as these are quite within the reach of every one, they can be strongly re¬
commended to all who are fond of Highland music, and those who are not, the sooner they become acquainted
with it the better.
No collection of Highland music would be complete without acknowledging the debt of gratitude, Highlan¬
ders owe to Mrs. Mac Donell of Keppoch for having preserved some of the finest airs and fairy songs in the
manner and style of a bye gone age, and of which she is such an accomplished executant, some of these I have
pleasure in presenting to all lovers of the music of the past.
I am also much indebted to “The Queen of the Fairies” for assistance in arranging our ancient music as it ema¬
nated from the hearts of a brave, patriotic, loyal, and intensely musical people.
Finally 1 need hardly offer an apology to the people of Skye, or to Highlanders in general, for having placed
these relics of the past before them, but feeling as I do that many of them would have been lost for ever un¬
less produced now, I had no hesitation in choosing the latter alternative, and I only hope that, in recording the
style of music played by Highland musical families more than one hundred years ago — with few exceptions —
this work may form a lasting monument to the memory of the unforgotten dead for whom it is intended.
Edinbanc. Skye. July 30 1895.
Keith Norman MacDonald.
cious Majesty Queen Victoria has always extended to the music of the Highlands, and to the efforts of the late pro¬
fessor Blackie in the same direction, and doubtless also mainly to its own intrinsic beauty.
Amongst the most satisfactory works I have seen of late, are those of Miss J. Morrison and Miss M.Williamson.
These have got the true highland ring about them, and should be followed by others. Of Highland airs, without
words, those in “The Thistle” are very melodiously arranged, and of gaelic songs with music, the best arrange¬
ments are those of Messrs. Henry Whyte of Glasgow. Lachlan Me Bain and the “Saint Columba Collection for Choir
Music” published by J. and R. Parlane Paisley, “The Celtic Lyre” and “Songs of the Gael” contain excellent transla¬
tions of all the best gaelic songs, and as these are quite within the reach of every one, they can be strongly re¬
commended to all who are fond of Highland music, and those who are not, the sooner they become acquainted
with it the better.
No collection of Highland music would be complete without acknowledging the debt of gratitude, Highlan¬
ders owe to Mrs. Mac Donell of Keppoch for having preserved some of the finest airs and fairy songs in the
manner and style of a bye gone age, and of which she is such an accomplished executant, some of these I have
pleasure in presenting to all lovers of the music of the past.
I am also much indebted to “The Queen of the Fairies” for assistance in arranging our ancient music as it ema¬
nated from the hearts of a brave, patriotic, loyal, and intensely musical people.
Finally 1 need hardly offer an apology to the people of Skye, or to Highlanders in general, for having placed
these relics of the past before them, but feeling as I do that many of them would have been lost for ever un¬
less produced now, I had no hesitation in choosing the latter alternative, and I only hope that, in recording the
style of music played by Highland musical families more than one hundred years ago — with few exceptions —
this work may form a lasting monument to the memory of the unforgotten dead for whom it is intended.
Edinbanc. Skye. July 30 1895.
Keith Norman MacDonald.
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| Description | Compiled and arranged by Keith Norman Macdonald. Leipzig: [Printed by] Oscar Brandstetter, 1895. Comprises mainly songs (Gaelic words), dances and marches, with or for the piano. Date from preface. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.396 |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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