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James Scott Skinner The Scottish Violinist BOOK

One of the best known and all time greats of Scottish fiddle music as both performer and composer, James
Scott Skinner (1843 - 1927) wrote many books of fiddle music...

James Scott Skinner (1843 - 1927) began playing fiddle by ear as a boy but then was offered classical tuition. His technique
developed and he became one of the outstanding players of his day. From humble beginnings as a dancing master he went on to
play at huge venues such as the London Palladium, sharing the bill sometimes with Harry Lauder. He made a conscious decision
to make playing Scottish music his career though he could play other types of music too. He travelled widely throughout the
Highlands and many anecdotes are told of his wonderful playing and his attire. He wrote over 600 tunes many of which are still
very popular in the Scottish repertoire and contained in this book such as : Bonnie Lass of Bon Accord, The £10 fiddle, Cradle
Song, The Flower of the Quern, etc. He lived long enough to have his music preserved on early recordings and from these we
can hear what an amazing fiddler he was. He is buried in Aberdeen where the city erected a memorial in his honour. This book
is full of his well known solos and has been a best seller for many years.

Contents:
Alice's Dollie, Angus McRae, Angus Campbell, Arbeadie, Back to The Hills, Ballochmylle Brig, Balmoral Castle,
Bank's Hornpipe, Blin' Jamie, Bob Steele, Bonnie Banchory, Bogniebrae, Bovaglie's Plaid, Buckingham House, Clach na Cuddin,
Cortes Gardens, Corgarff Castle, Culloden Day, Currie's Rambles, Dargai, Davie Work, Davie Adams, Davie Taylor, Dean Brig
o' Edinburgh, Delnabo, Dr Gordon Stables Reel, Dr Baird's Strathspey, Drumin, Dumbarton Castle, Emslie's Fiddle, Farewell
to Huntly, Forbes Morrison, Frank Gilruth, Fyvie Castle, Gallaton, Gin ye kiss my wife I'll tell the minister, Glencoe, Hamilton's
Strathspey, Happy Tom, Hap and Row the feeties o't, Harvest Home Hornpipe, Hasberry Howard, Hector the Hero, James Shearer's
Reel, James D, Lawâs Reel, Jamie Hardie, John McColl's, J.O. Forbes, King Robert the Bruce, Lady Catherine Stewart, Le Messe,
Les Trois Grands Luthairs, Littlejohn's Hame, Lord Huntly's Cave, McCallan, MacCrimmon's Farewell, MacPherson's Lament, MacPherson's
Blade, Madge, Madame Sylvain, Madame Vanoni, Mains of Gartly, Marquis of Tullybardine, Mary Walker, Mar Castle, Milladen,
Miss Primrose, Miss Shepherd, Miss Paul, Mrs Scott Skinner, Oor Highland Queen, Orange and Blue, Ossian, Peter Baillie, Peter
Gray, Peter laing, Pittengardner's Rant, Professor Blackie, Reel o' Thuilleachan, Sandy Grant, Sandie oe'r the Sea, Sandlaw's
Welcome, Sarona, Scott Skinnerâs reel, Scott Skinner's Rockin' Step, Scott Skinner's compliments to Dr MacDonald, She's Bonnie
and Braw, Sir William Wallace, So I'm off in the good St Nicholas Boat, Sword Dance, Talisker, The Auld Wheel, The Athole
Highlander's March, The Bonnie Lass o' Bon Accord, The Baker Reel, The Bride's Reel, The Brig o' Potarch, The Buck o' the
Cabrach, The Barren Rocks of Aden, The Blooms o' Bon accord, The Balmoral Highlanders, The Braes of Auchtertyre, The Cameron
Highlanders, The Cradle Song, The College Hornpipe,The Devil and the Dirk, The Devil in the Kitchen, The Dei'l Amang the Tailors,
The Dove Cot, The Duchess Tree, The Duke of Fife's Welcome to Dee -side, The East Neuk of Fife, The Editor's Farewell, The
Field of Bannockburn, The Flower of the quern, The Forth Brig, The Glenlivet, The Hurricane, The Highlands of Banff shire,
The High Level, The Haunt of the Gnomes, The Left Handed Fiddler, The Laird of Drumblair, The Miller's Rant, The Miller o'
Hirn,The Marquis of Huntly's Farewell, The Music o' Spey, The Mathematician, The Nine Pint Coggie, The President, The Perthshire
Hunt, The Queen's Welcome to Invercauld, The Reel o' Tulloch, The Rolling Spey, The Spinning Wheel, The Smith's a Gallant
Fireman, The Sirdar's March, The Valley of Silence, The Warrior of Persie, The Warrior's Grave, The £10 Fiddle, Tulchan Lodge,
Tullochgorum, Twist Ye Twine Ye even so, Ward's Hornpipe, Will's Reel, Willie MacLennan.

(James Scott Skinner CD available in the 'Fiddle CDs' section of the site)

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