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MACDONALD.
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Flora Macdonald, the Scottish heroine, and
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Macdonald of Kingsburgh, Skye. He entered
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the service of the East India Company, and
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held various other military and scientific
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appointments. Fellow of Royal Society in
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1800. He died at Exeter, August 16, 1831.
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He published a number of works on military
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tactics, telegraphy, and a "Treatise explana-
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tory of the principles constituting the Practice
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and Theory of the Violoncello," 1811. Also a
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"Treatise on the Harmonic System, arising
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from the Vibrations of the aliquot division of
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strings," 1822.
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Macdonald, Joseph 259-L-14
Macdonald, Joseph, musician, born
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Strathnaver, February 26, 1739 ; died in India,
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1762. Author of "A Collection of Bagpipe
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Music," Edinburgh, 1803. He assisted his
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"brother Patrick in the compilation of his col-
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lection. His "Treatise on the theory of the
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Scots Highland bagpipe " is published in the
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collection of 1803, which was edited by Pat-
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rick — see below.
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Macdonald, Keith Norman 259-L-23
Macdonald, Keith Norman, amateur
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musician and violinist, was born in Skye,
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November 23, 1834. He is a doctor by pro-
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fession. Editor of "The Skye Collection of
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the best Reels, Strathspeys, etc., arranged for
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the violin and pianoforte," 1887 ; 2 editions
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in the same year.
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McDonald, Malcolm 259-L-30
McDonald, Malcolm, composer and
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violoncello player, who lived in the latter part
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of the 18th century. He resided at Inver,
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in Dunkeld Parish, and played the violoncello
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in Niel Gow's band. He is said to have died
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at Inver. He published " A collection of
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Strathspey reels, with a bass for the violon-
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cello or harpsichord," Edinburgh, 1788. He
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also issued three other collections of the same
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kind ; 1789, 1792, etc.
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Macdonald, Patrick 259-L-40
Macdonald, Patrick, musician and clergy-
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man, was born at Durness in Strathnaver,
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April 22, 1729. He was educated at Aberdeen
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University, and licensed as minister in 1756.
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Presented to the living of Kilmore, in Argj'le-
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shire, 1756. He died at Kilmore, September
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25, 1821. With the assistance of Joseph Mac-
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donald, his brother, he compiled "A Collec-
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tion of Highland Vocal Airs, never hitherto
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published, to which are added a few of the
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most lively Country Dances, or Reels, of the
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North Highlands and Western Isles ; and
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some specimens of Bagpipe Music," Edin-
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burgh, 1784.
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Macdonald, Robert Houston 259-L-54
Macdonald, Robert Houston, organist.
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Educated at R.A.M. Won Henry Smart
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Scholarship, 1890. In 1893 he was ap-
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pointed organist and choirmaster, Presby-
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terian Church, Kimberley, S. Africa ; and in
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1895, Borough organist, Durban, Natal.
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Mace, Thomas 259-L-60
Mace, Thomas, writer and musician,
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l)orn in 1619. Clerk of Trinity College,
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Cambridge. Married, 1686. He died in 1709,
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aged 90.

MACFARLANE.
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Works. — Musick's Monument ; or, a Re-
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membrancer of the Best Practical Musick,
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both Divine and Civil, that has ever been
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known to have been in the World. Divided
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into Three Parts. The First Part shows a
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necessity of Singing Psalms well in Parochial
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Churches, or not to sing at all. . . . The
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Second Part treats of the Noble Lute (the
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Best of Instruments). In the Third Part,
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the generous Viol in its Rightest use, is
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treated upon. Loud., 1676 [portrait]. Mace
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invented a Dyphone or Double Lute of 50
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strings, and a table-organ.
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M'Fadyen, John 259-R-14
M'Fadyen, John, musician and publisher
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in Wilson Street, Glasgow, in succession to
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Aird, in early part of the present century.
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He died at Glasgow, March 8, 1837. Pub-
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lished collections entitled. The Repository
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of Scots and Irish Airs, Strathspeys, Reels,
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etc., Glasgow, n.d.; Miscellaneous Collection
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of the best English and Irish Songs, Glasgow,
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n.d. ; Selection of Scotch, English, Irish, and
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Foreign Airs, adapted for the Fife, Violin, or
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German Flute, 6 vols. Dedicated to the
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Volunteers and defensive bands of Great
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Britain and Ireland (c, 1800) ; Collection of
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Highland Strathspey Reels. . . Glas., n.d., etc.
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He kept a music circulating library in
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Glasgow.
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His son, Joseph Taylor M'Fadyen (1807
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— Dec. 25, 1856) was also a publisher in
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Glasgow, and another son, James (c. 1805-
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1850), a distinguished botanist, poet and
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musician, was curator of the Botanical Gar-
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dens, Kingston, Jamaica, and died there
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during the cholera epidemic of 1850.
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Macfarlane, George 259-R-37
Macfarlane, Qeorge, band-master and
Macfarlane, George, band-master and
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writer, was a member of the Duke of Devon-
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shire's private band. Author of " Cornopeoen
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Instructor, containing the elementary Prin-
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ciples of Music, together with Exercises,
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Preludes, Airs, and Duetts in every key in
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which the Instrument is playable with effect,"
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Loud., n.d. ; Two Fantasias for cornet and
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pf. [1860] ; Waltzes and other dance music.
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Macfarlane, John Reid 259-R-46
Macfarlane, John Reid, Scottish com-
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poser, was born in 1800. Precentor in the
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Outer High Church, Glasgow, 1824-28. After-
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wards settled in London as a teacher. He
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died in the Middlesex Hospital, London,
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June 10, 1841. Composed a number of glees,
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psalm tunes, etc. Brother of Thomas Mac-
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farlane noted below. He edited " Harmonia
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Sacra, a Selection of Sacred Music, Ancient
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and Modern, in four parts," Glasgow, n.d.
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[1835].
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Macfarlane, Thomas 259-R-57
Macfarlane, Thomas, organist and com-
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poser, born at Horsham, Sussex, about Novem-
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ber, 1808. Son of Duncan INIacfarlane, a fine
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bass singer, who played the French horn in
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the Ayrshire Militia. Pupil of Andrew
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Thomson, music-teacher, Glasgow, and after-
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wards under J. B. Cramer, Herz, Bergotti,


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