The British Musical Biography

[E] Shirrefs, Andrew, poet and musician,
was born at Aberdeen in 1762. He was edu-
cated at the Grammar School and Marischal
College, Aberdeen, and graduated M.A. in
1783. He was a stationer and publisher in
Aberdeen and Edinburgh, and edited the
Aberdeen Chronicle and the Caledonian Mag-
azine. In 1798, he went to Loudon and
seems to have died there about 1801. His
only known contributions to music were,
" iorty Pieces of original music, inscribed to
the Earl of Buchan," Aberdeen, n.d. [1788],
and " The overture, airs, songs, and duetts in
the Scots pastoral comedy of ' Jamie and
Bess,' " Edinburgh, n.d. He is best remem-
bered as the author of " Jamie and Bess."

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