The People’s Journal, 22nd May 1908 Mr. John Grant, Edinburgh, sends me a copy of his work “The Royal Collection of Piobaireachd.” The book though small in bulk, represents a good deal of thought and work, and there is no doubt that its production is a true contribution to the revival of the theory and […]
Letters to the Press
Letters to the Press
OT: 19 December 1908 – J.D.R. Watt “Canntaireachd”
The Oban Times, 19 December, 1908 Canntaireachd East London, South Africa, 23 November, 1908 Sir,–A friend of mine drew my attention to a letter from Mr. Simon Fraser, of Warnambool, Australia, on the subject of Canntaireachd, which appeared in your paper, “The Oban Times,” about February or March last. I have been much interested in […]
OT: 23 May 1908 – Angus Campbell “The Royal Collection of Piobaireachd” [Review]
The Oban Times, 23 May 1908 THE ROYAL COLLECTION OF PIOBAIREACHD A correspondent writes: it has been almost an axiom among pipers of recent years, that the composition of piobaireachd should be treated as a lost art, and that no modern musician should presume to challenge comparison with the great masters of the past. One […]
OT: 2 May 1908 – Wm. Blair “The Royal Collection of Piobaireachd” [Review]
The Oban Times, 2 May 1908 THE ROYAL COLLECTION OF PIOBAIREACHD In the introduction of his Royal Collection of Piobaireachd, Mr. John Grant makes an impassioned appeal to Highlanders to preserve the heroic art of piobaireachd. “Oh race of warriors who never fled from the foe! Shall we your descendants forget the music that in […]
OT: 4 April 1908 – Charles Bannatyne “Canntaireachd”
The Oban Times, 4 April, 1908 Canntaireachd Salsburgh-by-Holytown, 30 March, 1908 Sir,–Mr. Fraser, who wrote from Australia to “The Oban Times” last week on this ancient system of pipe music, has sent to me the scale by which it can be read by anyone. I was able to read it by means of a key […]
OT: 28 March 1908 – Simon Fraser “Canntaireachd”
The Oban Times, 28 March, 1908 Canntaireachd Warnambool, Victoria, Australia 12 February, 1908 Sir,–When Piper James Center was in Australia last year I challenged him to play from the “canntaireachd,” or “seantaireachd,” as my teacher, Peter Bruce, called it, and gave him a tune written in that notation. Mr. Center admitted at once that he […]
WS: 15 January 1953 – John Grant “Piobaireachd CAN be Written Now!”
The Weekly Scotsman, 15 January, 1953 Piobaireachd CAN be Written Now! “NOWADAYS no one can compose a piobaireachd which will satisfy the ear of an expert in the music,” according to Mr. Archibald Campbell, of Kilberry, in the address to the Scottish Piping Society of London reported in the Weekly Scotsman last week. As I […]
WS: 8 January 1953 – Archibald Campbell of Kilberry “Nobody Can Compose Piobaireachd Nowadays”
The Weekly Scotsman, 8 January, 1953 NOBODY CAN COMPOSE PIOBAIREACHD NOWADAYS A LOST ART, DECLARES AUTHORITY ON PIPING So far as I know, there is no direct evidence of how piobaireachd, which means “piping” or “pipe music,” and [sic] came to be applied to Ceol Mor or the classical music, came into existence. The ordinary […]
OT: 10 April 1948 – John Grant “Ancient Piobaireachd”
The Oban Times, 10 April, 1948 [?] Ancient Piobaireachd Edinburgh, 5 April, 1948 Sir,–I have to-day sent the following criticism of the piping broadcast of March 19 to the B.B.C.– “With reference to the Scottish Home Service broadcast of March 19, entitled ‘Modern Scottish Composers,’ and the tunes played upon the bagpipe by Mr. […]
OT: 17 October 1903 – A Highlander [John Grant] [“The Passing of the Piobaireachd”]
The Oban Times, 17 October, 1903 [The Passing of the Piobaireachd] 13 October, 1903 Sir,–Referring to the long correspondence in your much esteemed paper on “The Passing of the Piobaireachd,” I hope you will give the following remarks a place in next issue. I am afraid that much of what has been said by the […]
