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Marshall's Scottish Airs (Second Edition)
by Marshall, William



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Publisher

Edinburgh, Alexander Robertson

Printer

Engraved by Walker & Anderson

Seller

Edinburgh, Alexander Robertson at his Music Saloon

Edition

2nd ed.

Date

[1844?]

Library

Glasgow University Library (GB-Gu)

Shelfmark

Ca11-y.20

Description

includes dedication to Marchioness of Huntly, and Index.

Notes

For this second edition, many alterations were made to the plates: additional large and small notes, in LH and RH, rewritten basslines, added accidentals, and amendations to tunes and their titles. The second edition carries a note on final page that 'the whole of the remainder of Mr Marshall's compositions' are in press 'and will speedily be published', so it most likely dates from 1844-45. For example, 'Miss Admiral Gordon's Strathspey' has three quite different arrangements in the 1781, 1822 and 1844 volumes. Note on p2: 'NB. The Octave of the Bass may be played throughout all the Quick Tunes.'

Copy notes

GB-Gu catalogue date [1825?]

Pages

60 p

Orientation

Portrait

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-A Lib R f7864 Mar (catalogue '184-?, 3rd edition')
GB-A Hend inst Mar s
GB-Eu SCF 1110/2 (catalogued as 2nd edition [1822])
GB-Lbl h.327.a (catalogued as 2nd edition [1822])


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