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Music book entitled A Complete Repository of Original Scots Slow Strathspeys and Dances

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By Niel Gow and Sons, Edinburgh

Postcard of Music book entitled A Complete Repository of Original Scots Slow Strathspeys and Dances.
000-100-045-929-C
© National Museums Scotland

Music book entitled A Complete Repository of Original Scots Slow Strathspeys and Dances

This music book entitled 'A Complete Repository of Original Scots Slow Strathspeys and Dances' is by Niel Gow & Sons of Edinburgh. The book, signed by Nathaniel Gow, was printed and sold by Gow & Shepherd of Princes Street, Edinburgh.

The music is written for the harp, the piano, the violin and the cello.

Nathaniel Gow, son of the famous fiddler Niel Gow, was a professional violinist and composer as well as publisher of Scottish music. The family were architects of the Scottish fiddle style, especially the common-time dance tunes for Strathspey and Reel.


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Online ID: 000-100-045-929-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.OF 70
Date: 18th or 19th century
Material: Paper; leather. Inscription: Label on cover: GOW'S REELS / VOL. 2.ND; title page bottom right: Nath Gow [signature]
Dimensions: 317 mm x 233 mm x 22 mm
What: Book / reel / strathspey
Subject:
Who: J. Johnson (Engraver (?))
Nathaniel Gow (Signatory)
Niel Gow, Edinburgh (Composer)
Shepherd (Retailer (?))
Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
Event:
Description: Book entitled A Complete Repository of Original Scots Slow Strathspeys and Dances, by Gow, with further parts and collections bound in
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