The Oban Times, 10 April, 1920 Comunn Na Piobaireachd (The Piobaireachd Society) ———————- Senior Competitions, 1920 ———————- The tunes are now published, and qualified Competitors only can obtain them from me, or from the Secretary, Northern Meeting by sending P. O. for 3/-. At a latter date they will be published in book form with […]
Letters to the Press
Letters to the Press
OT: 27 May 1916 – DorMcCain [“The MacRae’s of Kintail”]
The Oban Times, 27 May, 1916 [The MacRae’s of Kintail] 6 May, 1916 Sir,–With reference to the letter by “Eilean a’ Cheo” in your issue of this date, giving a genealogical account of the MacRae’s of Conchra, I would point out for the benefit of such of your readers who are interested–particularly the MacRae’s from […]
OT: 27 May 1916 – Allan MacDonald “The Macraes of Kintail”
The Oban Times, 27 May, 1916 The MacRaes of Kintail Waternish, Skye, 6 May, 1916 Sir,–I noticed under the above heading a letter from a correspondence bearing the nom de plume “Eilean a’ cheo,” which to me appears rather appropriate, as the writer is undoubtedly in the nest, otherwise the Rev. John MacRae, Minister of […]
OT: 4 December 1915 – A.C. Whyte “The MacCrimmons”
The Oban Times, 4 December, 1915 The MacCrimmons 30 November, 1915 Sir,–In reply to your correspondent “Interested,” I may state that the MacCrimmons were hereditary pipers to the MacLeods at Dunvegan, and in that capacity had a grant of the farm of Borreraig, near Dunvegan. There they had a college for pipers which was the […]
OT: 5 March 1921 – Malcolm MacInnes “Piobaireachd and Canntaireachd”
The Oban Times, 5 March, 1921 Piobaireachd and Canntaireachd P. O. Box 1135, Johannesburg, 27 January, 1921 Sir,–This discussion has lapsed into irrelevancies. Dr. Bannatyne, in the course of his efforts to make canntaireachd a complete vehicle for conveying pipe music, quoted J. F. Campbell, and gave a wrong derivation of the word. […]
OT: 5 March 1921 – A. MacPherson “Piobaireachd Playing”
The Oban Times, 5 March, 1921 Piobaireachd Playing Invershin, Sutherland, 19 February, 1921 Sir,–The attacking forces of Piobaireachd criticism are once again displaying their views through the columns of your esteemed paper. I think that it was Mr. MacInnes, Johannesburg who opened the campaign. It is hard to conceive that any man, bearing a Highland […]
OT: 16 December 1911 – Gesto [“The Secrets of Canntaireachd”]
The Oban Times, 16 December, 1911 [The Secrets of Canntaireachd] 3 December, 1911 Sir,–Could any of your numerous readers tell me where I could get a copy of “Canntaireachd: Articulate Music,” by J. F. Campbell, Isla, and at what price? Perhaps “Fionn” or Dr. Charles Bannatyne might know something about the book.–I am, etc., Gesto
OT: 8 June 1929 – John Grant “Noting of Piobaireachd”
The Oban Times, 8 June, 1929 Noting of Piobaireachd Edinburgh, 18 May, 1929 Sir,–in your issue of 11th May, Mr. MacInnes makes reference to my name and Pipe-Major Ronald Mackenzie, late of Seaforths. To read what Mr. MacInnes writes one would think that he knew every note that Ronald McKenzie played in Piobaireachd in minute […]
OT: 1 June 1929 – Announcement of “A Royal Piobaireachd”
The Oban Times 1 June, 1929 A Royal Piobaireachd In the olden days in the Scottish Highlands it was customary to dedicate original compositions on the great Highland bagpipe to Kings and Princes in order to commemorate special occasions. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York have been pleased to accept as peculiarly […]
OT: 18 May 1929 – A.K. Cameron [“Ancient Piobaireachd”]
The Oban Times, 18 May, 1929 [Ancient Piobaireachd] Powderville, Montana, U.S.A., 8 April, 1929 Sir,–Your correspondent, Mr. Angus MacPherson, claims there is but one way of performing the toarluadh and crunluadh movements. But there were two forms of crunluadh [toarluadh?] and half a dozen or more forms of crunluadh, and each of these were played […]
