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Also known as	John McClellan
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Pipe, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	March/Marche
Key/Tonic of
Accidental
Mode
Time signature	2/4
History
Structure
Editor/Compiler
Book/Manuscript title
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS
Artist	Biography:Battlefield Band (The)
Title of recording	Home is Where the Van Is
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Flying Fish FF-250
Year recorded	1981
Media
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COWAL GATHERING, THE. Scottish, Pipe March (2/4 time). The melody was composed by John "Jock" McClellan (1875-1949), D.C.M., a poet and painter from Dunoon who was formerly Pipe-Major of the 8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Higlanders during World War I. He also composed "Taking of Beaumont Hamel," "Lochanside," and "Burning Sands of Egypt." The Cowal Gathering is the largest Highland games event in the world, held every summer in the Scottish town of Dunoon, Argyll, since 1894.

Recorded source: Flying Fish FF-250, Battlefield Band - "Home is Where the Van Is" (1981).

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+'''COWAL GATHERING, THE'''. Scottish, Pipe March (2/4 time). The melody was composed by John "Jock" McClellan (1875-1949), D.C.M., a poet and painter from Dunoon who was formerly Pipe-Major of the 8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Higlanders during World War I. He also composed "Taking of Beaumont Hamel," "Lochanside," and "Burning Sands of Egypt." The Cowal Gathering is the largest Highland games event in the world, held every summer in the Scottish town of Dunoon, Argyll, since 1894.
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