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The Beauties of Niel Gow

Posted on November 22, 2014 by seydmann

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Back in the early 1980s I was asked to write the preface for a facsimile reprint of The Beauties of Niel Gow published by Celtic Music. I found my old copy the other day and reproduce my text here. Curiously, with my reference to the revival, this is now, in itself, a historic document.

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