William Gunn; bagpipe maker, The Gunn's Salute' composer?
William Gunn 1795 - 1867, bagpipe maker, composer, publisher. 'The Gunns' Salute' composer?
William Gunn was born in Kildonan. He competed in the Highland Society's piping competitions and was 5th in Edinburgh in 1824 having moved to Glasgow the preceding year. He became a bagpipe maker around 1834. He died 14 February 1867.
For more information see
His family tree goes -
He was born in Kildonan about 1789 son of John Gunn and Christina Grant. He married Elizabeth Wilson on 4 April 1809 in Barony, Glasgow. Elizabeth was born in Glasgow about 1790. They had several children, all born in Glasgow:
William died on February 14, 1867, age 78, at 273 George Street, Glasgow from Bronchitis and General Debility. His daughter, Margaret Robertson was the informant at death. There is some discrepancy in birth years, but often people record the only available date, the Christening date, as the birth date; 1795 versus 1789.
Did he compose 'The Gunns' Salute'?
See http://www.pipesdrums.com/ObjectFile.aspx?sys-Portal=57&sys-Class=Set+Tune&sys-ID=17187&sys-Attr=File for a fascinating, specialist twelve page discussion of various settings of the tune - with illustrations of various manuscript scores - but which also includes a detailed analysis of possible composers of the tune. William Gunn is considered to be one of the possible composers. Donald Gunn, who was pipe-major of the Perthshire Militia, is also a possible composer.
For more information see
- National Library of Scotland - http://nms.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?PHPSESSID=t22oedehkmogi7um2nhmjurj77&scache=5csz54b2d8&searchdb=scran&usi=000-000-579-877-C for his finger chart in The Caledonian Repository of Music adapted to the Bagpipes.
- http://www.ceolsean.net/content/Gunn/Gunn_TOC.html for the The Caledonian Repository of Music Adapted for the Bagpipes including actual music.
- http://www.piping.on.ca/browseproducts.asp?catID=155for a possible William Gunn set of pipes...
- http://www.thebagpipeplace.com/Gunn.html for a set of William Gunn pipes...
His family tree goes -
He was born in Kildonan about 1789 son of John Gunn and Christina Grant. He married Elizabeth Wilson on 4 April 1809 in Barony, Glasgow. Elizabeth was born in Glasgow about 1790. They had several children, all born in Glasgow:
- John born 1810
- Christian born 1816
- Agnes born 1818
- Margaret born 1821
- William born about 1825
- George born 1826
- Elizabeth born 1829
- Henry born 1824-26?
William died on February 14, 1867, age 78, at 273 George Street, Glasgow from Bronchitis and General Debility. His daughter, Margaret Robertson was the informant at death. There is some discrepancy in birth years, but often people record the only available date, the Christening date, as the birth date; 1795 versus 1789.
Did he compose 'The Gunns' Salute'?
See http://www.pipesdrums.com/ObjectFile.aspx?sys-Portal=57&sys-Class=Set+Tune&sys-ID=17187&sys-Attr=File for a fascinating, specialist twelve page discussion of various settings of the tune - with illustrations of various manuscript scores - but which also includes a detailed analysis of possible composers of the tune. William Gunn is considered to be one of the possible composers. Donald Gunn, who was pipe-major of the Perthshire Militia, is also a possible composer.