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Issue 2174: John Pringle b 1770

Object
John Pringle (Person)
Submitter
Roger Malton
Assigned to
Murrough Landon
Priority
Normal
Disposition
Fixed
Description

Probably from the Borders but settled in Edinburgh. Fiddler and composer Published two collections of tunes 1801 and 1802

Some tunes used for SCD and some for step dance, eg Robinslaw, for Highland Ladies (Rene Fidler)

Information on John Pringle is fairly sparse - we dont even know when he died but presumably it was later than 1802, assuming he didn’t employ a ghost writer!

Previous Actions

  • Date  Sept. 19, 2020, 10:56 p.m.
  • User  Unknown

New issue submitted

  • Date  Sept. 20, 2020, 12:13 a.m.
  • User  Murrough Landon (murrough)

Assigned changed to »murrough« (previously »None«)
Disposition changed to »Fixed« (previously »New«)

Thanks for the information. I have edited the text from this issue and the following one into the extra info for John Pringle (https://my.strathspey.org/dd/person/1476/#extrainfo).