The Oban Times, 1 May, 1920 Piobaireachd Society’s Competitions Brolas, 24 April, 1920 Sir,–As one who supported the above Society since its birth and the opportunities it offered young pipers, I support it still. I have no reluctance whatsoever in entering into the present controversy, nor of expressing my opinion again as a neutral, mainly […]
Author: Alan Armstrong
OT: 24 April 1920 – Dunvegan [John Grant?] [“Piobaireachd Society’s Competitions”]
The Oban Times, 24 April, 1920 [Piobaireachd Society’s Competitions] 17 April, 1920 Sir,–seeing that your correspondent Mr. MacLennan praises the above music so highly, would he be good enough to say whether there is any other existing collection where we can see such piobaireachd written. The step now taken by the Music Committee is a […]
OT: 24 April 1920 – Young Piper [“Piobaireachd Society’s Competitions”]
The Oban Times, 24 April, 1920 [Piobaireachd Society’s Competitions] 12 April, 1920 Sir,–I thank “An Old Timer” for his hearty support of my grievance regarding the above competitions. I have heard “The King’s Taxes” played, and I like the air, and have heard the old pipers say that it is a fine tune. I do […]
OT: 24 April 1924 – Justice [“Piobaireachd Society’s Competitions”]
The Oban Times, 24 April 1920 [Piobaireachd Society’s Competitions] 10 April, 1920 Sir,–I observe an advertisement in your columns under the heading, “The Piobaireachd Society’s Senior Competitions, 1920,” “The Tunes are now published, and qualified competitors only can obtain them.” In former years no competitor, or intending competitor, was “judged” as qualified, or unqualified, until […]
OT: 24 April 1920 – J.P. Grant “Piobaireachd Society’s Competitions”
The Oban Times, 24 April, 1920 Piobaireachd Society’s Competitions 67 Great King Street, Edinburgh, 14 April, 1920 Sir,–I would be much obliged if you would allow me, since the subject has been raised in your correspondence column, to draw the attention of competitors in the senior competitions at Oban and Inverness to the notice contained […]
OT: 17 April 1920 – Ian MacLennan “The Piobaireachd Society’s Tunes for 1920”
The Oban Times, 17 April, 1920 The Piobaireachd Society’s Tunes for 1920 26 Arden Street, Edinburgh, 9 April, 1920 Sir,–I have for years constantly and conscientiously written against this Society’s method of writing piobaireachds, and now that I find all the misleading notes in the beats done away with and other very marked improvements made, I […]
OT: 3 MAY 1919 – J.D.R. Watt “The Piping of the Pibroch”
The Oban Times, 3 May, 1919 The Piping of the Pibroch 119 Oxford Street, East London, South Africa, 24 March, 1919 Sir,–Now the War is over and the piping times of peace are near, the study of piping and of pibroch may be resumed. The value of the pipes during the War has been clearly […]
OT: 8 March 1919 “Peter MacIntyre “MacCrimmon’s Lament”
The Oban Times, 8 March 1919 MacCrimmon’s Lament Inveraray, 1 March, 1919 Sir,–a correspondent in the issue of the “Oban Times” of 22nd February enquires for the composer of that grief-stirring lament, “MacCrimmon’s Lament.” It was composed in 1745 by Donald Ban MacCrimmon, piper to MacLeod at Dunvegan, and among other authorities to give this […]
OT: 1 February 1919 – A.C.W. “Ancient Pibroch Music”
The Oban Times, 1 February 1919 Ancient Pibroch Music Glenetive, 18 January, 1919 Sir,–I read with much interest the correspondence bearing upon the above subject, and now forward translations of “Macintosh’s Lament” and “Rory Mor’s Lament,” required by a correspondent in your issue of 28th December. In submitting these translations, especially that of “Macintosh’s Lament,” […]
OT: 4 January 1919 “The Pipes of War” [article, photo, and poem]
The Oban Times, 4 January 1919 THE PIPES OF WAR To this picturesque portrait of a Highland piper a particular interest is attached. It is a reproduction of a painting from the brush of a famous French artist, Raymond Desvarreux, to the order of the French Government. The Highlanders who had the distinction of posing […]
