The Oban Times, 1 December, 1934 The MacCrimmon Genealogy: Evidence from Dates and Times Hawksheid, Abbotswood, Guildford, Surrey, Sir,–Regarding Mr. G.C.B. Poulter’s letter in your issue of November 17, I am afraid your correspondent must have some reliable information about the MacCrimmon family, to place Malcolm c. 1690, Padruig Og c. 1630, Padruig Mor c. […]
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OT: 10 March 1934 – A. MacPherson “The Music of the MacCrimmons”
The Oban Times, 10 March, 1934 The Music of the MacCrimmons Inveran Hotel, Invershin, Sutherland, 3 March, 1934 Sir,–it is quite evident that your correspondent Mr. Cameron and I are so divergent in our views with regard to piobaireachd that, even with a valuable aid of your esteemed columns, I fear it is quite hopeless […]
OT: 6 January 1934 – Malcolm MacInnes [“The Music of the MacCrimmons”]
The Oban Times, 6 January, 1934 [The Music of the MacCrimmons] Ostaig, Skye, 20 December, 1933 Sir,–I welcome every support for the proposal that all available records of music be collected and published; but clearly Mr. Cameron’s object is not the same as mine. Pipers will certainly be glad to see his contribution, though it […]
OT: 6 January 1934 – Feadan [“The Music of the MacCrimmons”]
The Oban Times, 6 January, 1934 [The Music of the MacCrimmons] 16 December, 1933 Sir,–The letters in your issues of 25th of November and 2nd December, the first from Mr. A.K. Cameron; the second for Mr. A. McPherson, are interesting. Mr. Cameron apparently suggests that the music of the composers should be published in both […]
OT: 6 January 1934 – A. Mackay “The Music of the MacCrimmons”
The Oban Times, 6 January, 1934 The Music of the MacCrimmons R.M.S. “Edinburgh Castle,” Union Castle Line, 16 December, 1933 Sir,– Amongst the correspondence which came on board at Southampton, I had a copy of the Oban Times 25th November, in which I noticed a letter from your correspondent, Mr. Cameron, Montana, in support of […]
OT: 6 January 1934 – A.K. Cameron “Piobaireachd”
The Oban Times, 6 January, 1934 Piobaireachd Cohagan, Montana, U. S. A., 21 December, 1933 Sir,–Allow me to inform your correspondent, Mr. Malcolm MacInnes, regarding his letter of 18th August, that there has been no development in the construction of Piobaireachd tunes since Padruig Mor and Padruig Og’s time. After their time the construction of […]
OT: 19 October 1929 – The Pibrochs of MacCrimmon and Others (Review of Ross Collection)
The Oban Times, 19 October, 1929 The Pibrochs of MacCrimmon and Others Since General Thomason’s work, Ceol Mor, published in 1900, and already so rare as to be almost priceless, there have been few publications of piobaireachd except those issued by the Piobaireachd Society. It is therefore pleasant to welcome Mr. G. F. Ross’s collection […]
OT: 24 August 1929 – J.C. “Pipe Music Terminology”
The Oban Times, 24 August, 1929 Pipe Music Terminology 14 August, 1929 Sir,–your reviewer of Joseph McDonald’s “Complete Theory of the Scots Highland Bagpipe” on 27th August, 1927, asks: “Whether (in the case of Riludh and Iuludh) ‘Ri’ is not a misprint for Iu (?)” I should say not, but that Ri is simply Crith, […]
OT: 12 February 1921 – Malcolm MacInnes “Piobaireachd and Piper Saints”
The Oban Times, 12 February, 1921 Piobaireachd and Piper Saints Johannesburg, S. A., 18 December, 1920 Sir, Mr. J. MacLennan, in a courageous and convincing introduction to his most valuable book, says, among other things that suggest a commendable intolerance of humbug “the pipers who survived the battle of Cologne not only kept the Pibroch […]
OT: 12 February 1921 – Ian MacLennan “Charles MacArthur, a Celebrated Piper”
The Oban Times, 12 February, 1921 Charles MacArthur, a Celebrated Piper 8 February, 1921 Sir, We have it on record of this man that “Sir Alexander MacDonald of Sleat, being at Dunvegan on a visit to the laird of MacLeod, he heard the performance of Patrick Og with great delight, and desirous, if possible, to […]
