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Fraser, Simon

1773-1852

Captain Simon Fraser was born in Ardachie in Inverness shire. He became a talented fiddler, like his father and grandfather. It was from them that he learned and collected more than 230 tunes in The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland, published 1816. His will reveals his interest in traditional music as well as in the language and welfare of the people of the Highlands.

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