Tim Macdonald
@tsmac.bsky.social
Scottish fiddler | C18 Scottish music researcher | λ hacker
Does anyone have a good scan/transcript of the preface to Patrick MacDonald's Highland Vocal Airs? I have a modern reprint and it's hopelessly blurry…
December 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Does anyone have a good scan/transcript of the preface to Patrick MacDonald's Highland Vocal Airs? I have a modern reprint and it's hopelessly blurry…
Reposted by Tim Macdonald
A Scottish Autumn with Tim Macdonald and Claire Garabedian on violins and cellos from the Collection! A list of pieces and the instruments played is in the programme (to follow).
October 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A Scottish Autumn with Tim Macdonald and Claire Garabedian on violins and cellos from the Collection! A list of pieces and the instruments played is in the programme (to follow).
Macgibbon’s gane: Ah! waes my heart!
The man in music maist expert,
Wha cou’d sweet melody impart,
And tune the reed,
Wi sic a slee and pawky art;
But now he’s dead.
William McGibbon: April, 1690 – 3 October, 1756
The man in music maist expert,
Wha cou’d sweet melody impart,
And tune the reed,
Wi sic a slee and pawky art;
But now he’s dead.
William McGibbon: April, 1690 – 3 October, 1756
October 3, 2023 at 9:07 AM
Macgibbon’s gane: Ah! waes my heart!
The man in music maist expert,
Wha cou’d sweet melody impart,
And tune the reed,
Wi sic a slee and pawky art;
But now he’s dead.
William McGibbon: April, 1690 – 3 October, 1756
The man in music maist expert,
Wha cou’d sweet melody impart,
And tune the reed,
Wi sic a slee and pawky art;
But now he’s dead.
William McGibbon: April, 1690 – 3 October, 1756