- Christie, William
[E] Christie, William, violinistand composer,
was born about 1778, and died 1819. He re-
sided at Cuminestown, Monquhitter, Aber-
deenshire, as a dancing-master and teacher.
Composer of a " Collection of Keels, etc."
Edinburgh.[+] His son William was born at Monquhitter
in 1817, and died at Bellie, near Fochabers,
December 12, 1885. He studied at Aberdeen
University, and was ordained in 1839 as in-
cumbent of the Scottish Episcopal Church
of Arradoul and Buckie. In 1861 he was
appointed Dean of the United Diocese of
Moray, Ross, and Caithness. He compiled
"Traditional Ballad Airs, arranged and har-
monised for the Pianoforte and Harmonium,
from copies procured in the counties of Aber-
deen, Banff, and Moray, by W. Christie, M.A.,
and the late William Christie, Monquhitter,
edited by W. Christie, M.A., Dean of Moray,"
etc. Edinburgh, 2 vols., 1876-81. A very
handsome and interesting work, containing a
number of previously uncollected airs.entry id: 88-L-53
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