Canntaireachd. Tablature (Musical notations).
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Canntaireachd applied strictly refers to chanting as a representation of classical Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe music, piobaireachd, but the term is also applied loosely to the written representation of such chanting. The written form uses the indigenous notational system brought to its developed state by Colin Mór Campbell of Nether Lorn, in Argyll, at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century. An example of written canntaireachd is as follows: 'Hindarid hindarid hiodarid hodarid hodarid hindarid'.
Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:
Microfilm of 'Specimens of Canntareachd' by Angus Mackay.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.476
Dates:
[1853, or after.]
Microfilm of two collections of piobaireachd; and, 'Account of the Campbells of Nether Lorn and their system of Canntaireachd'.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.967
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Typescript 'Account of the Campbells of Nether Lorn and their system of Canntaireachd', late 19th century-early 20th century (MS.2260);
Collection of pipe music, 19th century, (78 piobaireachd), compiled by William Ross, Piper to Queen Victoria (MS.3040);
Copies of piobaireachd in staff notation, 1928, (with some canntaireachd) by Simon Fraser (MS.9617).
Dates:
19th century-early 20th century.
Nether Lorn, or Campbell, Canntaireachd., 1797, [1814, or after].
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.3714-3715
Dates:
1797, [1814, or after].
Nether Lorn, or Campbell, Canntaireachd; with a transcript of Angus Mackay's 'Specimens of Canntaireachd', and a note by Archibald Campbell, Secretary of the Music Committee of the Piobaireachd Society.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3714-3716
Dates:
1797-1950.
'Specimens of Canntareachd' by Angus Mackay, on paper watermarked 1853.
Item
Identifier: MS.3743
Dates:
[1853, or after.]
Transcript of Angus Mackay's 'Specimens of Canntaireachd', of about 1853, and a note, dated 1950, by Archibald Campbell, on points arising from a study of the Nether Lorn and Mackay manuscripts., Circa 1853, 1950.
File
Identifier: MS.3716
Scope and Contents
The transcript was made by John Bartholomew, father of the depositor.The note relates to (1) the authorship of the Nether Lorn Canntaireachd, which is generally ascribed to Colin Campbell of Ardmaddy, (2) the question whether the volume of canntaireachd that belonged to Sir John MacGregor Murray at the beginning of the nineteenth century and has now been lost sight of was part of the Nether Lorn Canntaireachd, (3) the relationship of Angus Mackay's version of four tunes in his...
Dates:
Circa 1853, 1950.
Typescript 'Account of the Campbells of Nether Lorn and their system of Canntaireachd', undated., ?Late 19th century-early 20th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.2260
Dates:
?Late 19th century-early 20th century.
Typescript copy of the Nether Lorn, or Campbell, Canntaireachd., 1797-[1814, or after].
File
Identifier: MS.2259
Scope and Contents
The copy was made along with other copies at the instance of John Bartholomew, who was then the owner of the original. It was carefully checked and corrections made by Bartholomew and Colonel J P Grant of Rothiemurchus.
Dates:
1797-[1814, or after].
Typescript copy of the Nether Lorn, or Campbell, Canntaireachd; with a typescript 'Account of the Campbells of Nether Lorn and their system of Canntaireachd'.
Series
Identifier: MSS.2259-2260
Dates:
1797-[1814, or after], undated.