b. 1865 d. 1953
From a family of professional pipers, he enjoyed great success in competitions in the first decades of the twentieth century. He was associated with the Piobaireachd Society. These tracks are part of a set of the first commercial recordings of piobaireachd made for Columbia in the winter of 1926-7. The tunes were abridged to suit the time available on disk. There is much on MacDonald and on the making of these recordings in William Donaldson’s book The Highland Pipe and Scottish Society 1750-1950. East Linton, 2000.
Lament for the Children (piobaireachd)
From 78 rpm record Columbia 4514 (A5021 and A5022). This was originally recorded at speed 80 rpm and therefore may be at incorrect pitch and tempo.
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