Philip Whittaker wrote to somebody unknown:
> I left you some info about GS MCLennan Tunes. I assume this was the
> pipe composer you meant.
> If not, there is bound to be someone who does know you are after.
> I could ask on the Scots-L list. Or you could join yourelf;

I have nearly finished transcribing into ABC all the GS McLennan tunes
that I believe it is legal to reproduce freely, along with what I want
to become a complete bibliography of all the others (I might include ABC
tune indexes for these in a later version).  I think the only tunes I've
got left to transcribe are two traditional settings and the piobaireachd
lament for his brother.  I'm going on holiday for a few days but should
have this on my website in about two weeks.

I've done this VERY damn carefully with all the gracenotes, the idea
(as with most of my transcriptions) being that nobody will ever need
to do it again.  (In one place I have to anticipate an ABC construct
that doesn't presently exist).

Was Philip's correspondent the person asking for "Captain C.R. Lumsden"?
That one's in.  But I'm not posting individual tunes from this until I'm
done.

Anybody know where GS's manuscripts are?  The National Library of
Scotland has his private print and MS library of other people's music,
but not many of his own compositions, e.g. they don't have the material
used for the Gordon Highlanders books.


Philip, what is the state of the Calvert project?  Can you email all of
us participating with a consolidated copy of what you know has been done
so far?  The present lack of communication has meant that Nigel and I have
independently transcribed the same things.

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