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WARRIOR’S GRAVE, THE. Scottish, Air. D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The air was printed in J. Scott Skinner’s collections The Scottish Violinist (1900) and Harp and Claymore (1904). It was composed by Skinner [1], who characterized it as a “Wild Melody” in the Scottish Violinist (1900), and an “imitation of Welsh Melody” in the Harp and Claymore.

J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927)



Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; p. 10. Skinner (The Scottish Violinist), 1900; p. 42.

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