The Oban Times, 27 February, 1937 Angus MacKay and Piobaireachd 19 February, 1937 Sir,–I have been noting with interest the correspondence on the above between our friends, John Grant and Angus MacPherson, and while I have no intention of involving myself in their little altercations, I would like, with your permission, to present a few […]
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OT: 20 February 1937 – John Grant “Angus MacKay and Piobaireachd”
The Oban Times, 20 February, 1937 Angus MacKay and Piobaireachd Lochnagar, Edinburgh, 12 February, 1937 Sir,–Mr. MacPherson calls it my “Autobiography” when I give him facts, and I know he does not like that. He speaks of my “tree,” and I am not ashamed of it. In this respect I am not alone. Mr. MacPherson […]
OT: 20 February 1937 – A.B.C. [“Angus MacKay and Piobaireachd”]
The Oban Times, 20 February, 1937 [Angus MacKay and Piobaireachd] 13 February, 1937 Sir,–I am much interested in the correspondence in your columns at present between Mr. Grant and Mr. McPherson regarding the redundant ‘A’ note in the taor-luath and crun-luath movements. I shall feel greatly obliged if Mr. MacPherson would kindly inform me how […]
OT: 13 February 1937 – D. Shaw [“Angus MacKay and Piobaireachd”]
The Oban Times, 13 February, 1937 [Angus MacKay and Piobaireachd] 39 Stewartville Street, Glasgow, 9 February, 1937 Sir,–I wonder if your correspondents who have been writing about Angus MacKay and his piping achievements, know that at a competition held in Inverness, he was beaten by piper Hugh Lindsay, a native of Jura. I am, etc., […]
OT: 13 February 1937 – A. Macpherson “Angus MacKay and Piobaireachd”
The Oban Times, 13 February, 1937 Angus MacKay and Piobaireachd Inveran Hotel, Invershin, 6 February, 1937 Sir,–Once again we have Mr. John Grant’s autobiography in the columns of your esteemed paper, dated January 23, and the Grant “Tree” again ostentatiously written for our perusal. Were it not for Mr. Grant’s last sentence, I would leave […]
OT: 6 February 1937 – John Grant “Angus MacKay and Piobaireachd”
The Oban Times, 6 February, 1937 Angus MacKay and Piobaireachd Lochnagar, Edinburgh, 23 January, 1937 Sir,–” Hebridean’s” letter in your issue of January 16 has done much to gild the pages of Angus MacKay’s great work and the collection and preservation of ancient piobaireachd. John Ban Mackenzie was a bagpipe maker of no mean order, […]
OT: 23 January 1937 – Malcolm MacInnes “Piobaireachd Society Publications”
The Oban Times, 23 January, 1937 (?) Piobaireachd Society Publications Willerby, Hull, 21 January, 1937 Sir,–Finlay’s Lament supports the theory that pibroch is song slowed down, for the ground with its four-beat bars is too dead to have been the beginning of any musical composition, but it was quite good as a song, with the […]
OT: 23 January 1937 – A. Macpherson “Angus MacKay and Piobaireachd”
The Oban Times, 23 January, 1937 Angus MacKay and Piobaireachd Inveran Hotel, Invershin, 16 January, 1937 Sir,–I have read with much interest the letters which appeared in your recent columns from the pens of Mr. John Grant and “Hebridean.” He would be a fool indeed who would doubt Angus Mackay’s ability as a performer and […]
OT: 16 January 1937 – Hebredian “Angus MacKay and Piobaireachd”
The Oban Times, 16 January, 1937 Angus MacKay and Piobaireachd 10 January, 1937 Sir,–We heartily approve of Mr. Grant’s suggestion that a monument be erected to the memory of Angus MacKay, for the noble work which he did for pipe music. The MacCrimmons of Skye have a beautiful memorial erected to perpetuate their memory, but […]
OT: 9 January 1937 – John Grant “Angus Mackay and Piobaireachd”
The Oban Times, 9 January, 1937 Angus MacKay and Piobaireachd Mackay and the MacCrimmons Contrasted 29 December, 1936 Sir–Who was Angus MacKay? Angus MacKay was the greatest musical genius in the art of piobaireachd in his day and generation, and he has never been equalled or surpassed since. Angus was born in the year 1812 […]
