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William Dixon manuscript
The William Dixon manuscript, written down between 1733 and 1738 in Northumberland, is the oldest known manuscript of pipe music from the British Isles, and the most important source of music for the Border pipes. It is currently located in the A.K. Bell Library, Perth, Scotland. Very little is known of William Dixon's biography, except what has been learned from this manuscript, and from parish records in Northumberland.
== The man ==
The only direct evidence for the author's identity comes from the manuscript itself, giving his name and two others, Parcival and John, who may have been his sons. It also gives dates from 1733 to 1738. Many of the tunes in the manuscript were, and some remain, current in Northumberland, or are named after places in the region. Baptismal records for that county show that a William Dixson was christened in Stamfordham, Northumberland, in 1678, and that Parsivall and John, sons of William Dixson, were baptised nearby at Fenwick, near Morpeth, in 1708 and 1710. Julia Say has found that these belonged to a branch of the Dixon family living at Ingoe South Hall, near Fenwick, where some of the family lived until recently. The identification of this family is made likelier by their tradition of using the names William and Parcival in many generations, though of course the shared names make identification of individuals harder. Many of the family were buried in Stamfordham church where there is a fine memorial to them.
If this William Dixon was indeed the author of the manuscript, he would have been 55 when he started compiling it, and 60 when he ceased. One son of John Dixon, another William,〔http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image.php?inum=TGSA03582&t=1&urltp=story.php?id=TGSCG02〕 founded an important coal and iron business in central Scotland later in the century, which was further developed by his son;〔http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/mlemen/mlemen027.htm〕 Julia Say has conjectured that this is how the manuscript reached Scotland.
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