GOW, NIEL (1727-1807)

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GOW, NIEL (1727-1807) , Scottish musician of humble

parent

PARENT, SIMON NAPOLEON (1855– )

-age, famous as a violinist and player of reels, but more so for the

part

PART

he played in preserving the old melodies of

Scotland

SCOTLAND
SCOTLAND,
CHURCH
- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other
  languages
  - LANGUAGES
  under various forms—Scottish
  kirk
  - KIRK, SIR JOHN (1832- )
  , Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH,
  RICHARD
  - RICHARD
  - RICHARD (d. 1184)
  - RICHARD, FRANCOIS
    MARIE
    - MARIE
    BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
  - RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
  - RICHARD, ST
  WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR
  RICHARD
  - RICHARD
  - RICHARD (d. 1184)
  - RICHARD, FRANCOIS
    MARIE
    - MARIE
    BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
  - RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
  - RICHARD, ST
  (1784–1873)
OF
SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other
  languages
  - LANGUAGES
  under various forms—Scottish
  kirk
  - KIRK, SIR JOHN (1832- )
  , Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
OF

. His compositions, and those of his four sons, Nathaniel, the most famous (1763-1831), William (1751-1791), Andrew (176o-1803), and John (1764-1826), formed the " Gow Collection," comprising various volumes edited by

Niel

NIEL, ADOLPHE (1802-1869)

and his sons, a valuable repository of Scottish traditional airs. The most important of

Niel

NIEL, ADOLPHE (1802-1869)

's sons was Nathaniel, who is remembered as the author of the well-known " Caller Herrin," taken from the fishwives' cry, a tune to which words were afterwards written by Lady Nairne. Nathaniel's son, NIEL Gow junior (1795-1823), was the author of the famous songs "

Flora

FLORA

Macdonald'sLament" and " Cam' ye by Athol."

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