by Pete Clark on Niel Gow's own fiddle and recorded in the ballroom of Blair Castle, a frequent eighteenth-century Niel Gow venue. (The Raeburn portrait above, posted by the author of this article, is part of the Blair Castle Collection.) The Fiddle Music of Scotland by James Hunter. Edited by Alastair Hardie and William Hardie published by The Hardie Press, 1988. () Scottish Fiddle Music in the Eighteenth Century; A Music Collection and Historical Study By David Johnson publishes by Mercat Press, 1984. () External links Folk Music Net Biography of Niel Gow Dunkeld Cathedral Biography of Niel Gow Niel Gow Fiddle Festival Free PDF of 90 of Niel Gow's tunes Scottish fiddlers British male violinists Scottish folk musicians Scottish composers 1727 births 1807 deaths People from Perthshire 18th-century Scottish people 19th-century Scottish people Paintings by Henry Raeburn 19th-century Scottish musicians 18th-century Scottish musicians 19th-century British male musicians