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'''LOCHABER GATHERING.''' Scottish, Cape Breton; March (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. Composed by Pipe Major George S. McLennan (1883-1929), the melody is popular at piping competitions. | '''LOCHABER GATHERING.''' Scottish, Cape Breton; March (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. Composed by Pipe Major George S. McLennan [http://boxandfiddlearchive.weebly.com/george-s-mclennan.html] (1883-1929), the melody is popular at piping competitions. McLennan was born into a piping family; his father, Ian McLennan, published a rather small collection called '''The Piobaireachd''' in 1923. | ||
[[File:mclennan.jpg|200px|thumb|left|George Stewart McLennan]] | [[File:mclennan.jpg|200px|thumb|left|George Stewart McLennan]] | ||
The Lochobar Gathering is a pipe competition that dates at least to 1816, the event was recorded in the annals of the Highland Society of London | The Lochobar Gathering is a pipe competition that dates at least to 1816, when the event was recorded in the annals of the Highland Society of London. | ||
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Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t757.html]<br> | Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t757.html]<br> | ||
See Paul Stewart Cranford's transcription of Cape Breton fiddler Angus Chisholm's recording of the tune at Cranford Publications [http://www.cranfordpub.com/tunes/Scottish/LochaberGathering.htm]<br> | |||
Hear a 1952 recording of piper Donald MacDonald playing the tune at Tobar an Dualchais [http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/play/76763;jsessionid=70B01BB34D0B5F02FAE3AA9DA6295EB3]<br> | |||
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LOCHABER GATHERING. Scottish, Cape Breton; March (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. Composed by Pipe Major George S. McLennan [1] (1883-1929), the melody is popular at piping competitions. McLennan was born into a piping family; his father, Ian McLennan, published a rather small collection called The Piobaireachd in 1923.
The Lochobar Gathering is a pipe competition that dates at least to 1816, when the event was recorded in the annals of the Highland Society of London.
Source for notated version: fiddler Jean-Ann Callender (Aberdeen) [Martin].
Printed sources: Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 2, 1988; p. 34. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; p. 67.
Recorded sources: Shanachie 14001, "The Early Recordings of Angus Chisholm."
See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [2]
See Paul Stewart Cranford's transcription of Cape Breton fiddler Angus Chisholm's recording of the tune at Cranford Publications [3]
Hear a 1952 recording of piper Donald MacDonald playing the tune at Tobar an Dualchais [4]
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