Fair 'nuff!
(I meant "or" not "of Welshness" - but guess you knew that )
On 26/04/2010 18:23, Matt Seattle wrote:
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Richard York
<[1]rich...@lizards.force9.co.uk> wrote:
what about the Scottishness of Welshness of the shape of the tune?
I don'
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On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Richard York
<[1]rich...@lizards.force9.co.uk> wrote:
what about the Scottishness of Welshness of the shape of the tune?
I don't know enough about Welshness to comment, but to me the tune
sounds more rooted in a particular time than a particular pl
Thanks Matt,
I had a suspicion you'd have more information!
The story is indeed that of the Apprentice Pillar. Thanks for the
correction about the building.
Without casting any doubt on the claims of Oswald to have written it
down, the date of 1746 does relate nicely to the possibility of it
I only know a couple of things about Roslyn Castle (and I think one 's' is
correct in the name).
Here's sleeve notes from Hamish Moore's LP ''Cauld Wind Pipes'' :
''Found in Kerr's Collection. This tune is played on the Pastoral Pipes with
Patsy Seddon on Clarsach and Dougie MacLean on fiddle. T
An early sighting is in Oswald CPC Vol 4 where it is called Roselana
Castle: 2 strains of air followed by 2 of variation followed by 4
'Brisk' 6/8 jig strs. The tune has been attributed to Oswald - it was
previously published by McGibbon as Glamis Castle in 1746 but Purser's
notes in
Rosslyn/Roslyn/Roslin Castle is a tune I love, and it's in the NPS
books. I'd like to find more about the origin.
The story about the mason, from Andy May on his CD insert, is a great
tale, but of course doesn't explain the tune's beginnings - I sort of
assumed from there it was perhaps a la
