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William Cleland bagpipe songbook and manual, bound music manuscript, 217 pages, United States and/or Scotland, mid- to late-19th century

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 4

Scope and Contents

Contains approximately 275 tunes as well as diagrams of thumb placement and scales for playing the pipes. Also bound in is a transcription of the title and preliminary matter to "A Complete Tutor for the Great Highland Bagpipe…." by Angus MacKay.
An apparently New York-based piper named William Cleland is mentioned in a December 6, 1890, New York Times article as having been the piper at the annual St. Andrew's Society dinner at Delmonico's for the previous 36 years; this piper is likely the author of the present songbook.

Dates

  • Creation: mid- to late-19th century

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Extent

1 Items

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository

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