In my copy of the Edcath Collection, the Shetland Fiddler appears on
page 60, and it says it was *arranged* by Pipe-Major D.S. Ramsay - it
doesn't say he wrote it. The attributions are pretty clear in the
book (and not all tunes have attributions), where composers are
noted, it mostly says "by xxx", or sometimes someone's name (without
the "by") is listed, and that too looks like the person wrote it
("G.Redpath, Leven" for example).In some cases I know the composer,
and they have attributed the tune to the correct composer.
In the preface, it says "Pipe-Major Donald Shaw Ramsay of the
Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band, winners of the 1950 World's Pipe
Band Championship, has spared no pains in compiling this unique book,
and he feels that it will be welcomed by pipers, drummers and pipe
bands generally, at home and abroad. He wishes to express his thanks
to those who sent in pipe tunes, and particularly to those drummers
who readily lent their support by producing scores to suit. Many
tunes contained herein are original compositions."
It doesn't look as if Ramsay wrote the Shetland Fiddler, just that he
arranged it, as he did for many other tunes in the book, including
Laird of Drumblair. He did write several other tunes in the book
apparently - the ones that just have his name and not the "arr."
before the name.
For what it's worth...
Jan Tappan
>Ted Hastings wrote:
>
>> This tune also appears in Jerry Holland's Collection of Fiddle Tunes.
>> According to a footnote there, the tune first appeared in a pipe
>> setting in "The Edcath Collection" Vol. 1, 1954 by Donald Shaw
>> Ramsay.
>
>Ah that solves it. Thanks, Ted.
>
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