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GOW, NIEL (1727-1807)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 298 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GOW, See also:NIEL (1727-1807) , Scottish musician of humble See also:parent-See also:age, famous as a violinist and player of reels, but more so for the See also:part he played in preserving the old melodies of See also:Scotland. His compositions, and those of his four sons, Nathaniel, the most famous (1763-1831), See also:William (1751-1791), See also:Andrew (176o-1803), and See also:John (1764-1826), formed the " Gow Collection," comprising various volumes edited by Niel and his sons, a valuable repository of Scottish traditional airs. The most important of Niel'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 See also:Lady See also:Nairne.

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