The Oban Times, 24 July, 1915 The Bagpipe Elderslie, 17 July, 1915 Sir–What a revelation of himself your correspondent Mr. John Grant is making in the correspondence under this heading! He cannot be regarded as a conscientious controversalist. For, if he was, he would hardly have set out to condemn certain quotations from a paper […]
Letters to the Press
Letters to the Press
OT: 17 July 1915 – John Grant “The Highland Bagpipe”
The Oban Times, 17 July, 1915 The Highland Bagpipe 27 Comely Bank Street, Edinburgh, July 8 1915 Sir,–Gaelic men satirised the Highland bagpipe in vulgar style. Their reason for that is as apparent as Mr. Calum MacPharlain’s. Your correspondent says: “The bagpipe was and is the enemy of Gaelic vocal music,” but I may tell […]
OT: 3 July 1915 – Calum MacPharlain “The Bagpipe”
The Oban Times, 3 July, 1915 The Bagpipe Elderslie, 26 June, 1915 Sir,–Your correspondent, Mr. John Grant, is only beating the wind–a very unprofitable, unedifying thing to do. It benefits nobody, and the wind goes on undeterred. I brought the bagpipe into the “matter of Gaelic song” to prove what Mr. Grant himself contends for, […]
OT: 26 June 1915 – John Grant “The Bagpipe and Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness”
The Oban Times, 26 June, 1915 The Bagpipe and Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness 27 Comely Bank Street, Edinburgh, 21 June, 1915 Sir,–In your last issue, I observed a review of “The Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness,” in which the following passages appear:– The author is not inclined to give much […]
OT: 29 May 1915 – John Grant “The Canntaireachd of The MacCrimmons”
The Oban Times, 29 May, 1915 The Canntaireachd of The MacCrimmons Edinburgh, 24 May, 1915 Sir,–In your last week’s issue I observe Mr. Simon Fraser returns to the question of Gesto and the MacCrimmon Notation. But Mr. Simon Fraser has failed in every conceivable manner to prove his knowledge of piobaireachd or the MacCrimmon notation. […]
OT: 22 May 1915 – Simon Fraser “Gesto and the MacCrimmon Notation”
The Oban Times, 22 May, 1915 Gesto and the MacCrimmon Notation 6 Verner St., South Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 30 March, 1915 Sir,–Bacon, in his essay “Of Truth,” writes–”‘What is Truth,’ said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for answer.” Perhaps Mr. John Grant treats the matter in the same way. At any rate, he would […]
OT: 20 March 1915 – John Grant “Gesto and the MacCrimmon Notation”
The Oban Times, 20 March, 1915 Gesto and the MacCrimmon Notation Edinburgh, 15 March, 1915 Sir,–In your issue of last week, Mr. L. Bruce has now taken up the subject and says that I still persist in saying that Gesto is not a piper. Yes, Sir, and will do so as long as his friends […]
OT: 13 March 1915 – L. Bruce “Gesto and the MacCrimmon Notation”
The Oban Times, 13 March, 1915 Gesto and the MacCrimmon Notation Achnahanaid, Braes, Isle of Skye, 3 March, 1915 Sir,–I observed that Mr. John Grant still persists that Gesto was not a piper, and that he was incapable of writing down piobaireachd in the MacCrimmon sol-fa notation. Gesto taught Alexander Bruce to play piobaireachd, and […]
OT: 20 February 1915 – John Grant “The MacCrimmon Sol-Fa, or Canntaireachd”
The Oban Times, 20 February, 1915 The MacCrimmon Sol-Fa, or Canntaireachd Edinburgh, 15 February, 1915 Sir,–I observed a letter in a recent issue from Mr. Fraser, Australia. It is quite obvious to all intelligent pipers in Scotland that Mr. Fraser is carrying on this correspondence under many difficulties. His predominant note is obstinate persistence, which […]
OT: 30 January 1915 – Simon Fraser “Gesto and Canntaireachd”
The Oban Times, 30 January, 1915 Gesto and Canntaireachd 6 Verner Street, South Geelong, Melbourne, Australia, 7 December, 1914 Sir, In enclosing my annual subscription for “The Oban Times,” permit me to say that I always find your valuable paper very interesting, and the account of the War news is excellent. With regard to a […]
