The British Musical Biography

[E] Ross, Robert, musician, born in 1748.
He was a music-seller in Edinburgh, and
carried on business at the back of the Foun-
tain Well, and afterwards at the head of
Carrubbers' Close. He gave public concerts
in Edinburgh, and retired about 1805. He
died at Edinburgh in 1808, aged 60. Com-
piler of " A Choice Collection of Scots Reels,
or country dances and strathspeys, with a
bass for the violincello or harpsichord,"
Edinburgh, 1780.

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