Biography:James McIntosh
James McIntosh
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| Given name: | James |
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| Family name: | McIntosh |
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| Year of birth: | 1791 |
| Year of death: | 1879 |
| Profile: | Composer, Musician |
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Biographical notes
JAMES McINTOSH (1791-1879) was a pupil of Niew Gow, who had his first tunes published in Joseph Lowe's c. 1844 collection (Edinburgh). Lowe, from a family of dancing masters, was himself a dancing master and musician who practiced in Edinburgh, Inverness, Balmoral and Windsor, sometimes employed by the Royal Family.