Donald Angus Beaton Explained
Donald Angus Beaton (1912 - 1981) was a Canadian blacksmith and a Cape Breton-style fiddler.[1]
Early life
Beaton was the son of Angus R. Beaton (Aonghas Raonuill) and Annie Belle Campbell.[2]
Career
Beaton performed traditional fiddle tunes, as well as more than 50 of his own compositions.[3] [4] He was well known as a dance fiddler.[5] [6]
He often played and recorded with family members. The albums The Beatons Of Mabou - Marches, Jigs, Strathspeys & Reels of the Highland Scot and Cape Breton Fiddle and Piano Music, The Beaton Family of Mabou feature his compositions played by his family.[7] He also published a book of his tunes.
Discography
- The Beatons Of Mabou - Marches, Jigs, Strathspeys & Reels of the Highland Scot . Rounder LP 7011 [8] [9] The Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
- Cape Breton Fiddle and Piano Music, The Beaton Family of Mabou Smithsonian Folkways 40507
- Live at the House[10]
Publications
- Donald Angus Beaton's Cape Breton Scottish Violin Music. Cranford Publishers. Englishtown, Nova Scotia. 1987.[11]
Personal life
His son is the Cape Breton fiddler Kinnon Beaton.[12] Andrea Beaton, Kinnon's daughter is also a fiddler.[13]
Notes and References
- Book: Fintan Vallely. The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. registration. 1 September 1999. NYU Press. 978-0-8147-8802-8. 52–.
- Book: MacGillivary, Allister . The Cape Breton Fiddler . 1981 . 0-920336-12-4 . 80 . College of Cape Breton Press .
- Book: June Skinner Sawyers. Celtic Music: A Complete Guide. 2001. Perseus (for Hbg). 978-0-306-81007-7. 76–.
- https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/willie-frasers-dancing-feet-carried-gaelic-traditions-through-nova-scotia/article23979948/ "Willie Fraser’s dancing feet carried Gaelic traditions through Nova Scotia"
- Book: Old Time Herald. 2005. Old-Time Music Group. 104–105.
- Book: Bob Mersereau. The History of Canadian Rock 'n' Roll. 1 March 2015. Backbeat Books. 978-1-4950-2890-8. 168–.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090327061934/http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=3008 Smithsonian Folkways
- Book: Ryan J. Thomson. The Fiddler's Almanac. 1985. Captain Fiddle Publications. 978-0-931877-00-1. 104–.
- http://www.juneberry78s.com/33rpms/rounderlps.htm Rounder Lps
- Book: Lori Henry. Dancing Through History: In Search of the Stories That Define Canada. 1 January 2012. Dancing Traveller Publishing. 978-0-9876897-7-1. 47–.
- Book: Drew Beisswenger. North American Fiddle Music: A Research and Information Guide. 31 May 2011. Routledge. 978-1-135-84722-7. 285–.
- Book: Carol Corbin. Judith A. Rolls. The Centre of the World at the Edge of a Continent. 1996. Cape Breton University Press. 978-0-920336-82-3. 214–.
- Book: Ian Russell. Mary Anne Alburger. Driving the Bow: Fiddle and Dance Studies from Around the North Atlantic 2. 2008. Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen. 978-0-9545682-5-2. 145–148.
