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.
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