Collection name. Seaforth Piobaireachd Manuscript
Record Group
Identifier: Collection name
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Seaforth Manuscript of Piobaireachd, written for K W S Mackenzie of Seaforth in 1854 by Angus Mackay.
Item
Identifier: MS.3744
Scope and Contents
The tunes were selected, according to Angus Mackay's own note (folio ii), 'from the original manuscript in his possession as noted down by him [in staff notation] from the Canntaireachd of John Mackay his father from the year 1826 to 1840'. These 'original MSS' are the first two of the six described in 'The history and art of Angus Mackay', numbers 5-7; see MSS.3753-3754.
Dates:
1826-1854.