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A Scots Music Bibliography
The Gleneagles Collection
| name |
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The Gleneagles Collection |
| year of publication |
1925 (?) |
| arranger |
J Meredith-Kay |
| publisher |
Paterson, Sons & Co, Glasgow |
| size |
t.b.c. |
| no. pages |
22 |
| contents |
Braes of Ochtertyre, The
Deil Among the Tailors, The
Duchess of Atholl, The
Duke of Perth, The
Fairy Dance, The
Flowers of Edinburgh, The
Haymakers
Jenny Dang the Weaver
Kate Dalrymple
Keel Row, The
Loch Earn
Marquis of Tullibardine, The
Miss Graham of Orchill
Miss Haldane of Gleneagles
Miss Murray of Abercairney
Miss Sarah Drummond of Perth
Petronella
Reel of Tulloch, The
Stirling Castle
Triumph
What's a' the Steer, Kimmer
Wife She Brew'd It, The
Wind that Shakes the Barley, The
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- Content: Fairly standard dance fare with no surprises.
- Dating: There is no indication of date. The arranger, J Meredith-Kay, was involved with the Gleneagles Hotel Band who, under that name, released four tracks in 1926. He also recorded tracks under the name Meredith-Kay and his Orchestra in 1925. That whole enterprise may very well have been a marketing ploy, with the records by the Hotel Band (in reality Henry R Hall's band, who seem to be English) and the book being produced for the hotel to sell to their customers. Anyway, because of the date of the recordings, I have assumed that the book was published at roughly the same time.
- Provenance: I found the book in a charity shop in Perthshire, in pretty poor condition, but apparently with no pages missing. I scanned half a page at a time then joined them together with Affinity Photo.
- Availability: The book itself is rare, and I would imagine quite hard to find. You can download a PDF of the book from my collection:
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