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Gavin Greig

Born

Parkhill, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Died

August 30, 1914

Genre

Folk Song, Fiction, Drama

Influences

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Gavin Greig (1856 - 1914) was a Scottish musician, folksong collector, playwright, novelist and teacher.

He edited James Scott Skinner's biggest collection of music, The Harp & Claymore Collection, providing harmonies for Skinner's compositions, and he was jointly responsible for compiling The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection, with the Rev J.B. Duncan (1848 - 1917). A selection from this collection of over 3000 songs and tunes was published in 1925. Two volumes were published in 1981-1982, but the full collection, in eight volumes, was only finally published between 1981 and 2002.

He was also the author of the Scots play Mains Wooin', which was very popular in the North East of Scotland before World War II. His novels include Morrison Gray: ...more

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	Logie o' Buchan liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1899 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection, Volume 1 by Gavin Greig (Contributor), James Bruce Duncan (Contributor), Patrick Shuldham-Shaw (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1981	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection, Volume 3 by Gavin Greig, James Bruce Duncan, Patrick Shuldham-Shaw (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1987	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection, Volume 4, Songs 707-928 by Gavin Greig, James Bruce Duncan, Patrick Shuldham-Shaw (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection, Volume 2, Songs 186-346 by Gavin Greig, James Bruce Duncan, Patrick Shuldham-Shaw (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Folk-song in Buchan 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mains Wooin' 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1909	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Morrison Gray: or, Life in a Buchan Schoolhouse 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1897	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hermit o' Gight 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1899	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Folk-song in Buchan. 1906 [Leather Bound] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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