S7 E21 John Sutherland's Manuscript Part 1

09/10/23 • 65 min

Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast

Tunes:
Sutherland: Cameronian Rant, this wants to be turn’d, The Lady’s Favourite, Paddy Whack, Kiss about the Hay Stacks, Salt Beef and Dumplings, The Peasant’s Dance, The Nosegay, Duncan Davison, Nancy Larson, Balty Horah, Trip it Up Stairs, Fanny’s Fancy

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I'm happy to be supported by The Quietpiper AKA Robert Felsburg, check out his work here:
https://www.thequietpiper.com/

All of the tunes this week come from John Sutherland’s Manuscript available on Ross’s Music Page: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/music/index.html

John Sutherland was a Piper from Aberdeenshire in the late eighteenth century.
His manuscript was hand written and likely from around 1785.

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I highly Recommend Ross Anderson’s Introduction to Sutherland:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/Sutherland-Manuscript.pdf

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1785: GHB Fingering Chart, Cameronian Rant and “this wants to be turn’d” are all available here:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/sutherland/suth-fm.pdf

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1785: The Lady’s Favourite, Paddy Whack, Kiss about the Hay Stacks, Salt Beef and Dumplings, The Peasant’s Dance, The Nosegay, Duncan Davison, Nancy Larson, Balty Horah, Trip it Up Stairs, Fanny’s Fancy
Are all available in this PDF:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/sutherland/suth-pp-1-40.pdf

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You can Listen to my Trip it up the stairs episode here:
https://www.wetootwaag.com/s6e05

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I'm happy to be supported by The Quietpiper AKA Robert Felsburg, check out his work here:
https://www.thequietpiper.com/

All of the tunes this week come from John Sutherland’s Manuscript available on Ross’s Music Page: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/music/index.html

John Sutherland was a Piper from Aberdeenshire in the late eighteenth century.
His manuscript was hand written and likely from around 1785.

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I highly Recommend Ross Anderson’s Introduction to Sutherland:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/Sutherland-Manuscript.pdf

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1785: GHB Fingering Chart, Cameronian Rant and “this wants to be turn’d” are all available here:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/sutherland/suth-fm.pdf

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You can Listen to my Trip it up the stairs episode here:
https://www.wetootwaag.com/s6e05

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Previous Episode

S7 E20 Pipers' Gathering Sessions

Tunes:
Iain Gelston: St. Mary’s Hornpipe
Jenny Nettles, Drops of Brandy, Braes of Mellenish (And Many more)

Check Out Iain’s Tunebook here:
https://iaingelston.wordpress.com/documents/
For the episode where I play through several of Iain’s Tunes go here:
https://www.wetootwaag.com/s5e17

For Pipers’ Gathering Information Check out their Website:
https://www.pipersgathering.org/gathering22/
and their Social Media sites:
https://www.facebook.com/pipersgathering
https://www.instagram.com/thepipersgathering/

For Information about the Scholarship go here:
https://www.pipersgathering.org/scholarships-2/

I talk a bit about Cassandre “Balbar” which is how I know her on Facebook, but I see she goes by Balosso-Bardin as well online, so apologies if I got the name wrong.
Anyway, here is her website:
http://www.cassandrebalossobardin.com/
And you can check out the MET Bagpipe Collection here:
https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/articles/2023/3/hidden-bagpipes
and International Bagpipe day here:
https://www.internationalbagpipeorganisation.com/international-bagpipe-day.html

This episode is largely me talking about my time at Pipers’ Gathering and playing some tracks from the impromptu sessions that happened there.
You can hear many pipers playing, but specifically John Charles Bauschatz, Benjamin Elzerman, Robert Mitchell, Rod Nevin, Patrick Hutchinson, Casandre Balosso-Bardin, Mike MacNintch, Thomas Deneuville, and too many more to list.

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S7 E22 Baltioura and Souters of Selkirk

Tunes:
David Young: Because I was a Bonny Lad
Willie Ross: It was Early in the Morning My Love Left Me
Michael Roddy: It was Early in the Morning My Love Left Me
John Sutherland: Balty Hora,
James Aird: Baltioura
Smollet Holden: Baltioura
O’Farrell: Baulthy Oura
Edward Bunting: Baltiorum
Cannon Goodman: Bailtídhe mhóra (Na)
Daniel Wright: The Sulters of Selkerke
William Dixon: The Souters of Selkirk
William McGibbon: The Suitors of Selkirk
James Oswald: The Souters of Selkirk
Walsh: Sulters of Selkerke
John McLachlan: Souters o’ Selkirk

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Cover art:
The Shoe Maker and His Apprentice, c. 1725 by Peter Angelis
http://www.historicalportraits.com/Gallery.asp?Page=Item&ItemID=365&Desc=The-shoemaker-and-his-apprentice-%7C-Peter-Angelis

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1737: Because I was a Bonny Lad from David Young’s Drummond Castle Manuscript:
Thanks for the Help Identifying in Andrew O’Sullivan!

1869: It was Early in the Morning my Love Left me:
From Willie Ross’s Collection of Highland Bagpipe Music
https://ceolsean.net/content/WRoss/WRoss_TOC.html

2023: It was Early in the Morning my Love Left me, Michael Roddy’s Setting
Check out Michael’s Great Band, Arise and Go on Bandcamp:
https://ariseandgo.bandcamp.com/album/meeting-place

James and Michael’s Droning On Episode:
https://droningon.podbean.com/e/058-michael-roddy-of-arise-go-album-review-meeting-place/

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1785: Balty Hora From John Sutherland’s Manuscript
available in this PDF:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/sutherland/suth-pp-1-40.pdf

1801ish: Baltioura, From James Aird’s Selection of Tunes, Vol V
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/90483860

1807ish: Baltioura: from A Collection of Favorite Irish Airs
From Smollet Holden Volume 1. https://imslp.org/wiki/A_Collection_of_Favorite_Irish_Airs_(Holden%2C_Smollet)

1810: Baulthy Oura from O’Farrell Pocket Companion Vol IV
https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/music/index.html

1840: Baltiorum From Edward Bunting’s The ancient music of Ireland Bunting got the tune from “T. Conlan in 1831
https://archive.org/details/ancientmusicofir00bunt/page/78/mode/2up?view=theater

1860s: Bailtídhe mhóra (Na)Bhaulty Oura from the Goodman Manuscript
http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=4&z=-1394.3834%2C776.6841%2C11661.6638%2C4466.6667

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1727: The Sulters of Selkerke
From Daniel Wright’s Aria Di Camera
https://ia600808.us.archive.org/20/items/AriaDiCamera1727/Wright-AriaDiCamera-1727.pdf

1733: The Souters of Selkirk From William Dixon’s Manuscript (Matt Seattle’s Setting)

1746: The Suitors of Selkirk
From William McGibbon’s A Collection of Scots Tunes Book III.
https://imslp.org/wiki/A_Collection_of_Scots_Tunes_(McGibbon%2C_William)

1747ish: The Souters of Selkirk
From Oswald’s Caledonian Pocket Companion
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/94596032

1750: Sulters of Selkerke from Walsh’s Caledonian Country Dances
https://archive.org/details/caledoniancountr00ingl/page/96/mode/2up

1854: Souters o’ Selkirk from John McLachlan’s Piper’s Assistant

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