Biography:Alexander Mackay
Alexander Mackay
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| Given name: | Alexander |
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| Family name: | Mackay |
| Place of birth: | Islay |
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| Year of birth: | c. 1775 |
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| Profile: | Collector, Composer, Musician |
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Biographical notes
ALEXANDER MACKAY was born c. 1775, and was a fiddler-composer from Islay. He published one collection of original airs and tunes dedicated to the Right Hon. Lady Elinor Campbell of Islay and Shawfield. This collection was printed for him in Glasgow by music publisher J. MacFadlyen (30 Wilson Street), but the dating of the volume varies. Charles Gore dates is to c. 1802, John Glen to c. 1822; J. Murdoch Henderson found a watermark on a page of the volume he examined to have a date of c. 1832.