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Gow, Niel

violin, composer


born: 22 Feb 1727 Inver, Perthshire / county, Scotland Source: 1  

born: 22 Mar 1727 Source: 2,3,4  
born: 22 Mar 1727 Strathbrand, Scotland Source: 5,6  

died: 01 Mar 1807 Inver, Perthshire / county, Scotland Source: 1  

The Music Sack has 29 items with information about Niel Gow:


 1989

Scott, Derek B.
The singing bourgeois : songs of the victorian drawing room and parlour
Milton Keynes: Open University Press, 1989

Number of People : 43


 1983

Alburger, Mary Anne
Scottish fiddlers and their music
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1983

Number of People : 41

More Details : (1 Section)


 1980 Source: 1

Sadie, Stanley
The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians
London: Macmillan, 1980

Number of People : 20,506


 1979 Source: 5

Robijns, Jozef
Zijlstra, Miep
Algemene muziek enciclopedie
hoofdred., J. Robijns en Miep Zijlstra
Haarlem: De Haan, [1979]-1984

Number of People : 16,262


 1971

Emmerson, George S.
Rantin' pipe and tremblin' string
A history of Scottish dance music
London: J. M. Dent, 1971, 278 p.

Number of People : 25


 1970

Humphries, Charles
Smith, William C.
Music publishing in the British Isles : From the earliest times to the middle of the nineteenth century.
A dictionary of engravers, printers, publishers and music sellers, with an historical introduction.
By Charles Humphries and William C. Smith
London: Cassell and Company, 1970, 392 p.

Number of People : 1,771


 1959 Source: 6

Eitner, Robert
Biographisch-bibliographisches Quellen-Lexikon der Musiker und Musikgelehrten
Christlicher Zeitrechnung bis Mitte des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts
Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlaganstalt, 1959

Number of People : 26,838


 1937

Schmidl, Carlo
Dizionario universale dei musicisti
Milan: Sonzogno, 1937, 2V p.

Number of People : 11,317


 1936 Source: 2

Frank, Paul
Altmann, Wilhelm
Kurzgefasstes Tonkunstler Lexikon : fur Musiker und Freunde der Musik
Begrundet von Paul Frank
Neu bearbeitet und erganzt von Wilhelm Altmann
Regensburg: Gustave Bosse, 1936, 730 p.

Number of People : 17,230


 1924

Bekker, Leander Jan de
Black's dictionary of music & musicians ... from earliest times to 1924 ...
London: 1924

Number of People : 1,435


 1919

Remy, Alfred
Baker, Theodore
Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians
Third edition
Revised and enlarged by Alfred Remy, M.A.
New York: G. Schirmer, 1919, 1094 p.

Number of People : 7,067


 1915

Straeten, Edmund Sebastian Joseph van der
History of the violoncello, the viol da gamba
Their precursors and collateral instruments.
With biographies of all the most eminent players of every country
London: William Reeves, 1915

Number of People : 1,669


 1900

Baker, Theodore
Biographical dictionary of musicians
Compiled and edited by Theodore Baker, Ph.D.
New York: G. Schirmer, 1900, 653 p.

Number of People : 5,682

More Details : (1 Section)


 1897

Stratton, Stephen Samuel
Brown, James D.
British musical biography.
A dictionary of musical artists, authors and composers born in Britain and its colonies.
By James D. Brown and Stephen S. Stratton
Birmingham: S.S. Stratton, 1897, 462 p.

Number of People : 4,164


 1895

Clarke, A. Mason
A biographical dictionary of fiddlers, including performers on the violoncello and double bass. Containing a sketch of their artistic career. Together with notes of their compositions.
London: Wm. Reeves, 1895, 360 p.

Number of People : 519


 1894

Musical Scotland

p. 1-206 In:
Baptie, David
Musical Scotland past and present. Being a dictionary of Scottish musicians from about 1400 till the present time
To which is added a bibliography of musical publications connected with Scotland from 1611
Compiled and edited by David Baptie
Paisley, Scotland: J. and R. Parlane, 1894, 219 p.

Number of People : 1,290


 1888

Champlin, J.D.
Cyclopedia of music and musicians ...
New York: 1888-90, 3 vols.

Number of People : 596


 1887

Baptie, David
A handbook of musical biography ...
2nd ed.
London: 1887

Number of People : 1,274


 1886 Source: 4

Brown, James Duff
Biographical dictionary of musicians.
With a bibliography of English writings on music
Paisley, Scotland: A. Gardner, 1886, 637 p.

Number of People : 4,300


 1883

Baptie, David
A handbook of musical biography
London: W. Morley, 1883, 256 p.

Number of People : 3,177


 1881

Irving, J.
The book of Scotsmen ...
Paisley: 1881

Number of People : 42


 1879

Drummond, P.R.
Perthshire in bygone days : ... biographical essays ...
London: 1879

Number of People : 5


 1879

Grove, George / Sir
Dictionary of music and musicians ...
London: 1879-99, 4 vols. Note
       Note: Of various editions

Number of People : 999


 1862

Anderson, W.
The Scottish nation : or, the ... biographical history of the people of Scotland ...
Edinburgh: 1862, 3 vols.

Number of People : 16


 1855

Chambers, R.
A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen ...
New ed.
London: 1855, 5 vols.

Number of People : 7


 1853

Rose, H.J.
A new general biographical dictionary ...
London: 1853, 12 vols.

Number of People : 133


 1841

Gorton, J.
A general biographical dictionary ...
New ed.
London: 1841, 3 vols.

Number of People : 124


 1836

A'Beckett, W. / Sir
A universal biography : ... scriptural, classical & mythological memoirs ... with accounts of ... living characters ...
London: 1836, 3 vols.

Number of People : 89


 1827

A dictionary of musicians ...
2nd ed.
London: 1827, 2 vols.

Number of People : 810


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