You can see when you look at the sheet music how much work and craft Nicolas put into creating these renditions of tunes. His performances borrow from many of the known material we have of Oscar and Malvina into some beautiful descriptive and emotive pieces of music. Still, you can find the bones he used below: Head over to pick up his album:

“Good Enough Music For Them Who Love It” https://nicolasbrown.bandcamp.com/releases

O’Farrell’s Oscar & Malvina Set for the Pipes:
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87781238

The Overture setting Nicolas found in the National Library of Congress:
https://www.loc.gov/item/2015560929/
If I had looked it was on the National Library of Scotland as well! Feel so foolish for never searching!
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/120574081

Aird’s Setting for the Highland Battle:
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87705867

Here is a link to the Article discussing the History of Union Pipes: “Courtney’s ‘Union Pipes’ And The Terminology Of Irish Bellows-Blown Bagpipes” by Nicolas Carolan:

https://www.itma.ie/digital-library/text/courtneys-union-pipes-and-the-terminology-of-irish-bellows-blown-bagpipes-b

I think this is the video or updated version of Nicolas Carolan’s talk, if not it is still mighty interesting:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1605576162828487&extid=hLM05tcu6QVXqU1V

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