S 09 E 05 The Advocate’s Manuscript New Chanter, Ghost Notes and also I’m the new President of Lowland and Border Piping Society! with tunes from Fionnllagh MacA’Phiocar and Donald Lindsay
March 9th, 2025
1 hr 12 mins 34 secs
Season 9
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Tunes:
Gutch, Rimbault Et. Al: Robin Hood’s Preferment
Me: Dynamic Theme, Storm Theme,
Fionnllagh MacA’Phiocar: Ghost Notes
Donald Lindsay: Invocation of the Corn Mother, Two Boats Under the Moon
Advocates Manuscript: Tune 58, 1, A Scots Measure, Jamies Reel (Oyster Wives Rant), The Britches Loose, The Island of Love, The White Jock
O’Farrell: The Shepherds Hornpipe
Walsh: Petticoat Tight, Petticoat Loose,
Fitzmaurice: Loose the Belt
Straight and Skillern: Cupid’s Frolick, Cox’s Museum, Naples Dance, Black Dance, Island of Love
James Horner: The Legend Spreads
Sources and Links:
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2025: Check out Fionnllagh MacA’Phiocar on instagram
https://www.instagram.com/fionnllagh/
Here is the clip of him playing with the Ghost Notes:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DF0q59LN_1x/
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2001: Invocation of the Corn Mother, from Alasdair Roberts’ album (with Donald Lindsay) on Appendix Out: Travels in Constants Volume Thirteen
https://www.alasdairroberts.com/
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2025: Two Boats Under the Moon by Donald Lindsay:
Check out his Crowd Funder here to get early access to the album:
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/two-boats-under-the-moon
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Advocates Manuscript
Most of the tunes in this episode come from the Advocates Manuscript. I also read Ross Anderson’s Article about the Collection, you can read the article here:
https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/archive/rja14/music/pastoral.pdf
1765: Tune 58, 1, A Scots Measure, Jamies Reel (Oyster Wives Rant), The Britches Loose, The Island of Love, The White Jock from the Advocates Manuscript
All tunes but 58 appear here: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/archive/rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/advocates1.pdf
Tune 58 is here:
https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/archive/rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/advocates2.pdf
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1806ish: The Shepherds Hornpipe from O’Farrell’s Pocket Companion
https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/archive/rja14/Papers/ofarrellspc3.pdf
Set From Bannocks Of Barley Meal
Check out Bannocks of Barley Meal here:
https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/bannocks-of-barley-meal
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1748: Petticoat Tight from Walsh’s Caledonian Country Dances:
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/90248459
1748: Petticoat Loose from Walsh’s Caledonian Country Dances:
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/90247895
1805: Loose the Belt from Fitzmaurice’s New Collection of Irish Tunes No 2:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Fitzmaurice_s_New_Collection_of_Irish_Tu/vq4Fb5TyTK4C?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PP7&printsec=frontcover
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Set from Rowly Powly
Check out Rowly Powly Here:
https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/rowly-powly
1775ish: Cupid’s Frolick, Cox’s Museum, Naples Dance, Black Dance and Island of Love all from Straight and Skillern’s 204 Favourite Country Dances
https://imslp.org/wiki/204_Favourite_Country_Dances_(Various)
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