Annotation:Haunt of the Gnomes (The)

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 HAUNT OF THE GNOMES, THE. Scottish, "Reverie" (Slow Air). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). Composed by the great Scots fiddler-composer of the latter 19th and early 20th century, J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927), originally published in his Scottish Violinist, then again in his Harp and Claymore collection. It is dedicated to William Walker, Pioneer of the Royal Cinematograph, the first film production company in Scotland, based in Aberdeenshire. Walker was a bookseller by profession, and was a bibliophile and collector, and had an interest in traditional Scottish songs and music. According to the University of Aberdeen's Skinner site, his correspondents included Harvard Professor Francis James Child (1825-1896), author of the Child Ballad Collection.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Skinner (The Scottish Violinist), p. 47. Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; p. 154.  Recorded sources:

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