The Oban Times, 18 May, 1907 8 Greenside Place, Edinburgh, 11 May, 1907 Sir,–Kylie Grammy space in which to give a few extract from the newly published book, “The Bagpipe,” by Dr. A. D. Fraser, which extracts, I consider, give good and timely advice to the experts who lately met in conference on the above […]
Month: July 2011
OT: 18 May 1907 – Charles Bannatyne
The Oban Times, 18 May, 1907 Salsburgh, by Holytown, 13 May, 1907 Sir,–The report of the meeting convened by General Thomason to consider the bagpipe scale, in your issue of 4th inst., gives an incomplete account of what I said at that conference. Here is what I said regarding the late Mr. Colin Brown and […]
OT: 4 May 1907 – “Meeting of the Experts” Report
The Oban Times, 4 May, 1907 THE BAGPIPE CHANTER SCALE STANDARD PITCH PROBLEM MEETING OF EXPERTS A meeting was held in the Royal Gymnasium Hall, Fettes Row, Edinburgh, on Wednesday, the 17th April, of pipers, pipe makers, and all interested in piping matters to consider and discuss the chanter scale, with the object of attaining […]
OT: 2 March 1907 Charles Bannatyne “Angus Mackay’s Collection of Piobaireachd”
The Oban Times, 2 March, 1907 Angus Mackay’s Collection of Piobaireachd Salsburgh, by Holytown, 22 February, 1907 Sir,–Among the authentic MSS. in my possession are a number of piobaireachd taken down for the Highland Society of London from the dictation of Angus MacArthur; and a number taken down from the playing of John Mackay, the […]
OT: 19 January 1907 – Charles Bannatyne “The Scale of the Highland Bagpipe Chanter”
The Oban Times, 19 January, 1907 The Scale of the Highland Bagpipe Chanter Salsburgh, by Holytown 10 January, 1907 Sir,–Major-General Thomason, in his interesting third article on this subject, it appears to have someone altered his opinions with his figures. It seems as if some confusion lurked in his mind regarding absolute and relative pitches. […]
OT: 5 January 1907 – John MacPhedran “The Scale of the Highland Bagpipe Chanter”
5 January, 1907 The Scale of the Highland Bagpipe Chanter 66 Lambhill Street Glasgow, 27 December, 1906 Sir,–From what has appeared in your valuable paper re the above it would seem that there is some mystery about the chanter scale which cannot be solved, I may say that I see no mystery about it anymore […]
OT: 5 January 1907 – “F” [“The Scale of the Highland Bagpipe Chanter”]
The Oban Times, 5 January, 1907 December 23 1906 Sir,–Pipers and all who are interested in pipe music cannot fail to be extremely grateful to Dr. Charles Bannatyne for stating with such clearness and force his views regarding the scale of the Highland bagpipe chanter. We must beg him to excuse those of us who […]
OT: 29 December 1906 – Charles Bannatyne “The Scale of the Highland Bagpipe Chanter”
The Oban Times, 29 December, 1906 The Scale of the Highland Bagpipe Chanter Salsburgh, by Holytown 24 December, 1906 Sir,–In your issue of 22nd inst., a correspondent signing himself “F” makes an attempt to traverse my letter of Nov. 26th by misquoting it and misapplying the arguments it contains. Let me state that I do […]
OT – 22 December 1906 “F” [Graham, Skipness] “The Scale of the Highland Bagpipe Chanter”
The Oban Times, 22 December, 1906 The Scale of the Highland Bagpipe Chanter 18 December, 1906 Sir,–Discussion of this subject appears to me to lose much of its usefulness, if the technical terms, which must necessarily be employed, are not explained for the benefit of those who have not made a study of music from […]
New Articles! New Music!
Greetings! My latest articles “A Noble Pursuit: The Early Works of John Grant” and “John Grant’s “Windsor Marches” have been added to the “References” page. On June 28th, 2011 I made a presentation at the North American Academy of Piping and Drumming (Valle Crucis, NC) about John MacRae’s March, composed in 1942 to honor the memory of […]
