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Marshall's Scottish Airs
by Marshall, William



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Publisher

Edinburgh, Alexander Robertson, for the Author

Printer

Engraved by Walker & Anderson

Edition

[1st]

Date

[1822?]

Library

A K Bell Library, Perth (GB-P)

Shelfmark

Bf24

Description

includes dedication to Marchioness of Huntly, and Index.

Notes

John Malcolm Bulloch in 'William Marshall, The Scots Composer' (Inverness, 1933) cites Dr Alexander Grant that 'Marshall was not versed in the rules of harmony, and that this part of the work was done for him by the priest at Dufftown, the Rev. George Gordon (1776-1856), a first-rate musician.' This can not refer to Marshall's A Collection of Strathspey Reels, as Gordon could have been only five years of age on its publication in 1781.

Pages

60 p

Orientation

Portrait

Dimensions

35 x 26

Gore

M4(3)

Biographical info

Marshall (1748-1833) was a fiddler and composer, born in Fochabers, employed as house steward to the Duke of Gordon. (Glen 2, v-vii; Alburger; Bulloch; Cowie)
His father Francis Marshall was both fiddler and shoemaker in Fochabers to the Duke of Gordon. (Keith Sanger, correspondence, source: National Records of Scotland BD44/51/295/2/38)

Other locations

GB-DUcl 10500
GB-Gm M8857/786.45
GB-Gu Ca12-x.58 ([1822?], pencil note '2nd impression of T.P. [1822]')
GB-En Glen 284(1)
GB-Lbl h.327.(1.) ([1820?])
GB-Lcs Storage QM
GB-Ob Mus. Instr. I, 162 (4) ([1822])
GB-Ob Harding Mus. F 133 ([1822])
GB-P Bf23
GB-P Bf25


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