[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The recent post about William Marshall made me wonder where I can buy > books of his compositions. > > The closer to the original the better; best of all are copies of originals. > > Bob Rogers > South Carolina
The only collected Marshall I'm aware of is the Fiddlecase Books edition called "Marshall's Scottish Melodies, Airs, Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. for the Violin." It's a repro of 4 volumes of his works (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels.. published 1781, Kinrara, pub. 1800, Marshall's Scottish Airs pub. 1822, and Volume 2 of a Collection of Scottish Melodies... pub. 1845) but is problematic in that it's reproduced at probably less than 1/2 size, being about 6 x 8 inches in a spiral binding. Considering the quality of print of the originals wasn't all that great to begin with, this size makes it a little tough to sight-read the tunes. I've been tempted to photocopy and enlarge the whole thing to make it more usable but the publishers claim a copyright on the collection and I'm not sure if it's legit to reproduce it (considering it's simply a reproduction of the originals which are in public domain, plus a 1 page introduction, I don't see how their copyright is valid, but what do I know?). At any rate, Elderly Instruments has it for $12.35US; see http://www.elderly.com/books/items/38-3.htm . -Steve -- Steve Wyrick -- Concord, California Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
