The Oban Times, 4 June, 1910 23 May, 1910 The Piobaireachd Society’s Music Sir,–In Mr. McLennan’s letter, which appeared in your valuable columns dated 7th of May, 1910, he says that I “attempted to run him into a cul-de-sac.” There is no need for me to say this, or make any attempt to do so, […]
Letters to the Press
Letters to the Press
OT: 28 May 1910 – Simon Fraser “Piobaireachd Society’s Music”
The Oban Times, Saturday, 28 May, 1910 Piobaireachd Society’s Music Banyan Street, Warrnambool Victoria, Australia, 13 April, 1910 Sir,–In your valuable paper dated 5 March, 1910, I notice a letter signed “John MacLennan,” in which he is criticizing the books of the Piobaireachd Society. I fully agree with him in his remarks on the alteration […]
OT: 21 May 1910 – John MacLennan
The Oban Times, 21 May, 1910 26 Arden St., Edinburgh, 16 May, 1910 Sir,–I shall feel obliged by your correcting a mistake in paragraph 8 of my letter in your issue of the 14th inst. which says: “a great number of them are quite incomplete.” What I intended saying was: “a great number of them […]
OT: 21 May 1910 – Charles Bannatyne
The Oban Times 21 May, 1910 Piobaireachd Society’s Music Salsburgh, by Holytown 16 May, 1910 Sir,–There is much truth in what Mr. MacLennan writes regarding this music. The Piobaireachd Society has no set method of writing the music. It is admitted by all that a doubling of any pibroch variation has twice the rate of […]
OT: 14 May 1910 – John MacLennan
The Oban Times, 14 May, 1910 Piobaireachd Society’s Music 26 Arden St., Edinburgh, 7 May, 1910 Sir,–” Mal Dhonn,” writing in your valuable paper of the thirtieth ult., attempts to run me into a cul-de-sac, from which escape would be impossible, and I crave your indulgence in order to let him see that instead of […]
OT: 7 May 1910 – Charles Bannatyne
The Oban Times 7 May, 1910 Salsburgh, by Holytown 30 April, 1910 Sir,–In your issue of this date there appears a letter by Mr. A. Mackay, South Africa, in which my criticism of the Scottish Piobaireachd Society’s system of writing grace-notes is characterized as “piffle,” whatever that may mean. were really bearish Mr. Mackay further […]
OT: 30 April 1910 – Mal Dhonn
The Oban Times, 30 April, 1910 26 April, 1910 Sir,–In my first letter, which appeared in your valuable columns dated 14th March, 1910, I said that Mr. MacLennan had opened fire, so to speak, or declared war against the tunes contained in the Piobaireachd Society’s book, Part IV. In my next letter, dated 29th March, […]
OT: 30 April 1910 – A. Mackay
The Oban Times, Saturday, 30 April, 1910 Piobaireachd Society’s Work Johannesburg, South Africa, 2 April, 1910 Sir,–I noticed in your issues of the fifth and twelfth ult., that Messrs. MacLennan and Bannatyne are again trying to discredit the latest publication of the Piobaireachd Society. These two gentlemen have used the medium of your columns for […]
OT: 23 April 1910 – John MacLennan
The Oban Times 23 April, 1910 Piobaireachd Society’s Work 26 Arden St., Edinburgh, 18 April, 1910 Sir,–kindly allow me a small space of your widely read paper to reply to the letters of “String of Lorn” and “Mal Dhonn.” The former says that “the value of criticism depends entirely on the knowledge and ability of […]
OT: 16 April 1910 – John Campbell of Kilberry
The Oban Times Saturday, 16 April, 1910 Killberry, Argyllshire 5 April, 1910 Sir,–I desire to offer a few comments on the excellent letter of “Padruig Og” in your issue of 26th March. In all that he says regarding the publications of the Piobaireachd Society I concur, but he is wrong about the genesis of the […]
