The Miller o' Hirn Collection by James Scott Skinner.

This facsimile of the 1881 edition presents 122 compositions with piano accompaniments comprising reels, strathspeys, jigs, airs, hornpipes, schottisches, songs (verses supplied) and contemporary comments and reviews on Skinner's musical activities - tuition, recitals, fancy balls and assemblies.

The collection could be described as Skinner's first ever major published work' although he had had minor works published from an early age with the Highland Polka being printed when he was only seventeen years old. This was followed up the next year with the Ettrick Valley Quadrilles. Twelve New Strathspeys and Reels were published in 1865 being followed in 1866 with Thirty New Strathspeys and Reels, with both of these pieces being incorporated into The Miller o’ Hirn giving us Skinner’s first ever major published works.

"Talent does what it can, genius does what it must"  James Scott Skinner

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