PS 277 – Mr MacNeill Campbell’s Favourite

Primary Sources

K1 Aon-tlachd Mhic Neill Lachlan MacNeill Campbell Esqr of Kintarbert & Saddle’s Fancy K1.83: 195
KK Piobaireachd KK.45: 83
JK Mac N C’s`Favorite JK.24: [60]

Notes on Gaelic Title

Aon-tlachd Mhic Nìll Aon-tlachd Mhic Neill / Lachlan MacNeill Campbell Esqr of Kintarbert & Saddle’s Fancy K1; Mac N. C Favorite JK. MacNeill’s Fancy. On the identity of the subject, see Fàilte Mhic Nìll Chinn Tairbeirt (PS 284). The name is considered to have been coined by Angus MacKay, using ‘fancy’ or ‘favorite’ as occurs commonly in eighteenth-century tune names. See R.D. Cannon, ‘Gaelic names of pibrochs: a classification’. Scottish Studies 34 (2000-2006), pp 20-59.

Roderick Cannon (2009)

Other Material

William Donaldson’s Set Tunes Notes (2006)