The Oban Times, April 10, 1926 Toarluath and Crunluath Demonstration 27 Comely Bank Street, Edinburgh, April 2, 1926 Sir,–Much has been said about my demonstration on Thursday last, as being badly planned. But that, I can assure you, was not the case. I could have brought four or five first-class piobaireachd players upon the platform, […]
Letters to the Press
Letters to the Press
OT: 10 April 1926 – John Grant “Toarluath and Crunluath and Piobaireachd”
The Oban Times, 10 April, 1926 Toarluath and Crunluath and Piobaireachd Edinburgh, 2 April, 1926 Sir,–In Mr. McLennan’s letter of 27 March, says:– Mr. Grant is above open competition as a means of proving his ability as a piper. Being a composer, he is on a plane by himself. We agree on this point then. […]
OT: 3 April 1926 – J. F. Farquharson “Toarluath and Crunluath and Piobaireachd”
The Oban Times, 3 April, 1926 Toarluath and Crunluath and Piobaireachd 27 March, 1926 Sir,–in reply to a letter of Mr. McLennan’s of the 12th March, I must inform him that the late Colin Cameron and myself were friends for over fifty years. Part of that time we spent over thirty years, off and on, […]
OT: 3 April 1926 – George S. McLennan “Toarluath and Crunluath and Piobaireachd”
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 […]
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 […]
