Annotation:Lochaber Gathering

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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: John Wilsons Collection, vol. 2, 1957. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 2, 1988; p. 34. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; p. 67. Scots Guards, Book 2.

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]