The Oban Times, 3 April, 1926 Toarluath and Crunluath and Piobaireachd Aberdeen, 27 March, 1926 Sir,–With your kind permission, I should like to reply to the letter of Mr. Grant in your issue of to-day’s date. In your issue of March 13, Mr. Grant says–”I have written Toarluath and Crunluath on D inserting a B […]
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OT: 27 March 1926 – John Grant “Toarluath and Crunluath and Piobaireachd”
The Oban Times, 27 March, 1926 Toarluath and Crunluath and Piobaireachd Edinburgh, 19th of March 1926 Sir,–For Mr. MacLennan’s information I would again say (to make matters clear) that I wrote the Toarluath on D, as D B A melody notes, with a high g grace note on D, a low g grace note between […]
OT: 27 March 1926 – D’Arcy [“Toarluath and Crunluath and Piobaireachd”]
The Oban Times, 27 March, 1926 [Toarluath and Crunluath and Piobaireachd] 21 March, 1926 Sir,–In his letter in this week’s “Oban Times” “Is Fada Mar So Sinn” apparently wishes us to believe that the late Pipe-Major MacDougall Gillies played Toarluath and Crunluath with the so-called “redundant” low A. I had the privilege of studying Piobaireachd […]
OT: 27 March 1926 – Angus MacPherson [“Toarluath and Crunluath and Piobaireachd”]
The Oban Times, 27 March, 1926 [Toarluath and Crunluath and Piobaireachd] Inveran Hotel, Invershin, Sutherlandshire, 18 March, 1926 Sir,–I did not intend taking part in this discussion, but having had several letters from the younger and rising generation of pipers asking me whether I play the above movements as Mr. John Grant maintains they should […]
OT: 27 March 1926 – John Grant “Toarluath and Crunluath and Piobaireachd”
The Oban Times, 27 March, 1926 Toarluath and Crunluath and Piobaireachd Edinburgh, 19th of March 1926 yamahdi.org Sir,–For Mr. McLennan’s information I would again say (to make matters clear) that I wrote the Toarluath on D, as D B A melody notes, with a high g grace note on D, a low g grace note […]
OT: 20 March 1926 – Is Fada Mar So Sinn “Pipe-Major William Gray and Toarluath and Crunluath in Piobaireachd”
The Oban Times, 20 March, 1926 Pipe-Major William Gray and Toarluath and Crunluath in Piobaireachd Forsyth, Montana, U.S.A., 12 February, 1926 Sir,–in reply to the letter of Pipe Major William Gray in your issue of 23rd January I would like to know why the eminent authorities referred to by him did not modernise the Piobaireachd […]
OT: 20 March 1926 – George S. McLennan “Toarluath and Crunluath in Piobaireachd”
The Oban Times, 20 March, 1926 Toarluath and Crunluath in Piobaireachd Aberdeen, 13 March, 1926 Sir,–I should like to reply to the letter of Mr. John Grant which appeared in your issue of to-day’s date. Mr. Grant refuses to say, meantime, who taught him; no doubt he has a good reason. In my last […]
OT: 13 March 1926 – John Grant “Toarluath and Crunluath in Piobaireachd”
The Oban Times, 13 March, 1926 Toarluath and Crunluath in Piobaireachd Edinburgh, 6 March, 1926 Sir,–In reply to the letter of Mr. G. S. McLennan which appeared in your issue of to-day’s date, I never said a word about his father’s tuition in Piobaireachd. What I did say was that his father told me that […]
OT: 20 March 1926 – William Gray “Pipe-Major William Gray and Toarluath and Crunluath in Piobaireachd”
The Oban Times, 20 March, 1926 Pipe-Major William Gray and Toarluath and Crunluath in Piobaireachd Glasgow, 13 March, 1926 Sir,–An answer to your correspondent, “Is Fada Mar So Sinn,” in your columns of this date, may I state that I still adhere to what I have stated in my previous letters, namely, that there is […]
OT: 13 March 1926 – Is Fada Mar So Sinn [“Toarluath and Crunluath in Piobaireachd”]
The Oban Times, 13 March, 1926 [Toarluath and Crunluath in Piobaireachd] Montana, U.S.A., 10 February, 1926 Sir,–In reply to your correspondent William Gray and “Gille Chriosd” on the above subject, I adhere to what I stated in a previous letter, that the Toarluath, Toarluath Mach, Crunluath, Crunluath Mach and Crunluath Breabach are wrong. A note […]
