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Biography:James McIntosh

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James McIntosh


     
 Given name:     James
 Middle name:     
 Family name:     McIntosh
 Place of birth:     
 Place of death:     
 Year of birth:     1791
 Year of death:     1879
 Profile:     Composer, Musician
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Biographical notes


JAMES McINTOSH (1791-1879) was a pupil of Niew Gow, who had his first tunes published in Joseph Lowe's c. 1844 collection (Edinburgh). Lowe, from a family of dancing masters, was himself a dancing master and musician who practiced in Edinburgh, Inverness, Balmoral and Windsor, sometimes employed by the Royal Family.



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