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'''DOCTOR MACDONALD'S COMPLIMENTS TO MR. JAMES SCOTT SKINNER'''. Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Composed by editor Keith Norman Macdonald in honor of the great Scottish fiddler and composer J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927). Skinner returned the compliment by composing "[[Dr. Macdonald]]" (Marathon House, Cupar-Fife) in his honor (MacDonald wrote the preface to his '''Skye Collection''' from Marathon House, Cupar, Fife, in 1887). MacDonald's collections, particularly the two volume '''Gesto Collection''' (1895 & 1898), which was an influence on Skinner's later '''Harp and Claymore''' collection (1904). A practicing physician and surgeon, MacDonald was active in the medical field (see his "Death and How to Divest it of its Terrors" {1875}) , including a period of service in Burma. However, his love was playing the violin and Scottish music. MacDonald died in Edinburgh in 1913.  
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''Printed sources'': MacDonald ('''The Skye Collection'''), 1887; p. 94.
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