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| THE WAGTAIL SET: |
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| Archibald
Campbell of Kilberry |
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| The Strathspey King |
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| The Wagtail |
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| Old Willie Duncan |
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| Cuir Mi Anns An
Ciste Mhor |
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Archibald Campbell of Kilberry by John MacColl
The Strathspey King by G. S. MacLennan, arranged by the Tannahill
Weavers
The Wagtail by John Martin
all others traditional, arranged by the Tannahill Weavers
| The beginning march in this set of tunes, Archibald
Campbell of Kilberry, is written by the famous John MacColl. John
MacColl was a very prolific composer, and his tunes are very much in the
forefront of competitive piping today. This is one of his
"smaller" tunes, and can be found in Pipe Major William Ross’s
Book IV. The Pipe Major William Ross in question here is late of the Scots
Guards, and produced five of his own collections. The Strathspey King
was written by George S. MacLennan for J. S. Skinner, in whose collections
it can be found.
The Wagtail was written by our own John Martin, and Old Willie
Duncan is another of our many choices from Ross’s Collection of
1886. Cuir Mi Anns an Ciste Mhor was acquired by Duncan from his
friend Alan Henderson at a late night session. The title, which translates
from the Gaelic as "Put Me in the Great Chest", refers to the
story of a well know composer’s choice, made on his deathbed, to be
buried wherever some item that he threw landed, which unfortunately ended
up being on top of the wardrobe. This anecdote was much repeated about the
highlands and in fact there are several tunes and songs, all different but
with the same title, referring to this tale. This is not at all uncommon,
in keeping with the highland tradition of circulating themes and stories
of particular interest, about which many tunes and songs with the same or
similar titles were written.
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