The Oban Times, 6 February, 1926 A New Publication Issued By The Piobaireachd Society Piobaireachd This book marks a new era in the editing of Piobaireachd. It is the first book of its kind to be furnished with a critical apparatus. Fifteen unpublished MSS. are enumerated and described. The edition is founded on these unpublished […]
Author: Alan Armstrong
OT: 6 February 1926 – John Grant [“Toarluath and Crunluath Movements in Piobaireachd”]
The Oban Times, 6 February, 1926 [Toarluath and Crunluath Movements in Piobaireachd] Edinburgh, 16 January, 1926 Sir,–In Mr. Gray’s letter of 16th January he says that he finds no proof in my last letter that Angus Mackay’s noting of the above movements is correct. I say again that the correct method of performing Toarluath and […]
OT: 6 February 1926 – Gleannach “Toarluath and Crunluath Movements in Piobaireachd”
The Oban Times, 6 February, 1926 Toarluath and Crunluath Movements in Piobaireachd Glencona, Southside Road, Inverness, 23 January, 1926 Sir,–With reference to the correspondence now passing to the columns of your paper, I wonder whether any one of the many nowadays interested in bagpipe music can throw some light on the construction and spelling of […]
OT: 30 January 1926 – Seton Gordon “Toarluath and Crunluath Movements and Piobaireachd”
The Oban Times, 30 January, 1926 Toarluath and Crunluath Movements and Piobaireachd Achantoul, Aviemore, 22 January, 1926 Sir,–I have read with interest the correspondence upon the playing of the Toarluadh and Crunluadh notes. We are all, I think, agreed that the playing of Ceol Mor is an art that has been handed down from one […]
OT: 23 January 1926 – William Gray “Toarluath and Crunluath Notes in Piobaireachd”
The Oban Times, 23 January, 1926 Toarluath and Crunluath Notes in Piobaireachd Glasgow, 16 January, 1926 Sir,–From Mr. John Grant’s letter in your issue of 16th inst., I do not find any proof that Angus Mackay’s noting in his book of the Toarluath and Crunluath notes is correct. Mr. Grant says–”The correct method of playing […]
OT: 17 June 1916 – Broadford “Pipe Music of the Clan MacKinnon”
The Oban Times, 17 June, 1916 Pipe Music of the Clan MacKinnon 12 June, 1916 Sir,–I would feel obliged to any readers of “The Oban Times” if they could give me information regarding any pipe music, pibroch or march, belonging to the Clan MacKinnon. If any readers can give information regarding the above, I shall […]
OT: 11 December 1915 – T.D.M. “The MacCrimmons”
The Oban Times, 11 December, 1915 The MacCrimmons 8 December, 1915 Sir,–In your correspondent’s letter last week it is stated that the MacCrimmons were originally located in Skye and Harris. Of this there is no evidence. All that is absolutely known is that they were pipers to the MacLeods of Dunvegan, and the founders of […]
OT: 11 December 1915 – A.R. MacLeod “The MacCrimmons and the Rout of Moy”
The Oban Times, 11 December, 1915 The MacCrimmons and the Rout of Moy 4 Cambusnethan Street, Edinburgh, 4 December, 1915 Sir,–Kindly allow me through the medium of your popular journal to inform your correspondent, Miss A. C. Whyte, that MacLeod of MacLeod did not lead nor command that famous midnight raid to Moyhall “to capture […]
OT: 31 July 1915 – Morag “The Legend of the Highland Piper”
The Oban Times, 31 July, 1915 The Legend of the Highland Piper 27 July, 1915 Sir,–I have found in many widely separated districts of Scotland a legend of a piper who enters a cave playing his pipes (his tune is frequently said to be “The MacCrimmon’s Lament”). The sound of the piping is heard to […]
OT: 12 March 1921 – Charles Bannatyne “Piobaireachd, Canntaireachd and Tosh”
The Oban Times, 12 March, 1921 Piobaireachd, Canntaireachd and Tosh Salsburgh, 28 February, 1921 Sir,–The continuation of Mr. McInnes’s serial has not taught me anything new regarding Piobaireachd or Canntaireachd, but has given me a sane [?] and deep appreciation of the slang word “Tosh.” The bigger part of the Johannesburg letter concerns Mr. […]
