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S 08 E 04 George MacLeod's 1784 Repertoire part 1 (Patrick MacDonald's North Highland Piper)
Tunes:
Patrick McDonald: Ossian’s soliloquy on the death of all his cotemporary Heroes, North Highland Country Dances tunes 1-6, 24, Màraidh bhàn òg. {Potential/likely titles for tune 1-6: Tune 1: Joseph MacDonald’s Jig, Tune 2: Lady Wemyss’ Jig/Whip her and gird her, Tune 3: Far awa Wedding, Tune 4: maybe Shaggy Grey Buck, Tune 5: Stumpie, Tune 6& 24: Lord Reay’s Jig}
O’Farrell: Apples in Winter
Holden: Irish Trott
Donald MacDonald: LadyWemyss’ Jig
William Vickers: Cold and Raw
(Note that Cover Art is Not George MacLeod, but Niel McLean, “Piper to the Highland Society” in 1781:
https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/34827/neil-maclean-active-about-1781-piper-highland-society
Order and Thoughts:
Nearly All the tunes come from Patrick Mac Donald's Collection of Highland Vocal Airs:
https://books.google.com/books?id=XCvLHYWLkFcC&newbks=0&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false
The reprinted edition with the tune names in the notes can be found here: https://www.scotlandsmusic.com/Product/SM-V7M9GD/the-patrick-mcdonald-collection
Patrick MacDonald (Joseph MacDonald Section)
1784: Ossian’s soliloquy on the death of all his cotemporary Heroes
+X+X+
Patrick MacDonald’s North Highland Country Dances (George MacLeod)
Thanks to Keith Sanger for identifying Patrick MacDonald’s North Highland piper.
I read some Excerpts from:
Ian Grimble, The World of Rob Donn (Edinburgh: The Edina Press, 1979).
+X+X
Tune 1: Joseph MacDonald’s Jig. Likely named for Patrick’s Brother. Somewhat awkward dotting and cutting.
+X+
Tune 2: G# Tune, Whip her and Gird her, Note that Patrick annotates every G if there is a sharp in it, not just the first one (unlike other settings in this section).
+X+X+X+
Set from Cold and Raw
1808: Apples in Winter
From O’Farrell’s Pocket Companion:
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87780458
1807: Irish Trott from Smollet Holden’s A Collection of Favorite Irish Airs Vol 1
https://imslp.org/wiki/A_Collection_of_Favorite_Irish_Airs_(Holden%2C_Smollet)
1828: Lady Wemyss’ Jig from Donald MacDonald’s Collection of Quicksteps, Strathspeys, reels and Jigs
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682572
1776: Cold and Raw from William Vickers Manuscript
http://www.farnearchive.com/farneimages/jpgs/R0305000.jpg
+X+X+X+
Patrick MacDonald’s North Highland Country Dances (George MacLeod)
Tune 3: Far Awa Wedding is how I play this tune most (I think) from Donald MacDonald, not sure I included it but has an f grace note on an f up to a high G.
+X+X+
Tune 4: Shaggy Grey Buck? I feel like I’ve seen this tune in Donald MacDonald, note the c grace notes to D, sometimes from a C c grace, D.
+X+X+
Tune 5: Stumpie: Similar gracing style, with the e grace note on an E, also like that c sixteenth note as grace note in this tune.
+X+
Tune 6: Lord Reay’s Jig…Lord Reay’s Piper possibly, Tune is in A Minor (C Maj) but with the F marked as Sharp. Slightly atypical gracing style from previous (though more conventionally GHB with an E gracenote for transition of C to D. also note the one F being sharp… next one not labeled Natural…
+X+
Tune 24: Lord Reay’s Jig (slightly different than 6) the F sharp, F nat seems more clear here because of the repeat of marked f# it’s cool that both tunes use the F sharp F Nat it’s the Double F Dilema for a Wizard!
+X+X+X+
Lord Reay Wizard story from:
Donald Omand, Caithness: Lore and Legend (Wick: North of Scotland Publishers, 1995).
https://archive.org/details/caithnessloreleg0000oman/page/42/mode/1up
+X+X+
Patrick MacDonald (Joseph MacDonald Section)
1784: Màraidh bhàn òg
FIN
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Tunes:
Patrick McDonald: Ossian’s soliloquy on the death of all his cotemporary Heroes, North Highland Country Dances tunes 1-6, 24, Màraidh bhàn òg. {Potential/likely titles for tune 1-6: Tune 1: Joseph MacDonald’s Jig, Tune 2: Lady Wemyss’ Jig/Whip her and gird her, Tune 3: Far awa Wedding, Tune 4: maybe Shaggy Grey Buck, Tune 5: Stumpie, Tune 6& 24: Lord Reay’s Jig}
O’Farrell: Apples in Winter
Holden: Irish Trott
Donald MacDonald: LadyWemyss’ Jig
William Vickers: Cold and Raw
(Note that Cover Art is Not George MacLeod, but Niel McLean, “Piper to the Highland Society” in 1781:
https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/34827/neil-maclean-active-about-1781-piper-highland-society
Order and Thoughts:
Nearly All the tunes come from Patrick Mac Donald's Collection of Highland Vocal Airs:
https://books.google.com/books?id=XCvLHYWLkFcC&newbks=0&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false
The reprinted edition with the tune names in the notes can be found here: https://www.scotlandsmusic.com/Product/SM-V7M9GD/the-patrick-mcdonald-collection
Patrick MacDonald (Joseph MacDonald Section)
1784: Ossian’s soliloquy on the death of all his cotemporary Heroes
+X+X+
Patrick MacDonald’s North Highland Country Dances (George MacLeod)
Thanks to Keith Sanger for identifying Patrick MacDonald’s North Highland piper.
I read some Excerpts from:
Ian Grimble, The World of Rob Donn (Edinburgh: The Edina Press, 1979).
+X+X
Tune 1: Joseph MacDonald’s Jig. Likely named for Patrick’s Brother. Somewhat awkward dotting and cutting.
+X+
Tune 2: G# Tune, Whip her and Gird her, Note that Patrick annotates every G if there is a sharp in it, not just the first one (unlike other settings in this section).
+X+X+X+
Set from Cold and Raw
1808: Apples in Winter
From O’Farrell’s Pocket Companion:
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87780458
1807: Irish Trott from Smollet Holden’s A Collection of Favorite Irish Airs Vol 1
https://imslp.org/wiki/A_Collection_of_Favorite_Irish_Airs_(Holden%2C_Smollet)
1828: Lady Wemyss’ Jig from Donald MacDonald’s Collection of Quicksteps, Strathspeys, reels and Jigs
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682572
1776: Cold and Raw from William Vickers Manuscript
http://www.farnearchive.com/farneimages/jpgs/R0305000.jpg
+X+X+X+
Patrick MacDonald’s North Highland Country Dances (George MacLeod)
Tune 3: Far Awa Wedding is how I play this tune most (I think) from Donald MacDonald, not sure I included it but has an f grace note on an f up to a high G.
+X+X+
Tune 4: Shaggy Grey Buck? I feel like I’ve seen this tune in Donald MacDonald, note the c grace notes to D, sometimes from a C c grace, D.
+X+X+
Tune 5: Stumpie: Similar gracing style, with the e grace note on an E, also like that c sixteenth note as grace note in this tune.
+X+
Tune 6: Lord Reay’s Jig…Lord Reay’s Piper possibly, Tune is in A Minor (C Maj) but with the F marked as Sharp. Slightly atypical gracing style from previous (though more conventionally GHB with an E gracenote for transition of C to D. also note the one F being sharp… next one not labeled Natural…
+X+
Tune 24: Lord Reay’s Jig (slightly different than 6) the F sharp, F nat seems more clear here because of the repeat of marked f# it’s cool that both tunes use the F sharp F Nat it’s the Double F Dilema for a Wizard!
+X+X+X+
Lord Reay Wizard story from:
Donald Omand, Caithness: Lore and Legend (Wick: North of Scotland Publishers, 1995).
https://archive.org/details/caithnessloreleg0000oman/page/42/mode/1up
+X+X+
Patrick MacDonald (Joseph MacDonald Section)
1784: Màraidh bhàn òg
FIN
Here are some ways you can support the show:
You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes!
Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast!
Checkout my Merch Store on Bagpipeswag:
https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wetootwaag
You can also support me by Buying my First Album on Bandcamp:
https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/oyster-wives-rant-a-year-of-historic-tunes
or my second album on Bandcamp!
https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/pay-the-pipemaker
or my third album on Bandcamp!
https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/bannocks-of-barley-meal
You can now buy physical CDs of my albums using this Kunaki link: https://kunaki.com/msales.asp?PublisherId=166528&pp=1
You can just send me an email at [email protected] letting me know what you thought of the episode! Listener mail keeps me going!
Finally I have some other support options here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/support
Thanks!
Listen on Itunes/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QxzqrSm0pu6v8y8pLsv5j?si=QLiG0L1pT1eu7B5_FDmgGA
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