Maurice Lindsay

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(21 July 1918 – 30 April 2009) was a Scottish broadcaster, writer and poet. He was born in

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. He was educated at

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where he was a pupil from 1928-36. In later life, he served as an honorary governor of the school. After serving in

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, with the 7th Cameronians, he became a radio broadcaster, also editing the 1946

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'' Modern Scottish Poetry'', and writing music criticism. He later was programme controller at

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. In 1962, Scottish composer

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set five of his children's poems in Scots to music for voice and piano, in a song cycle called ''A Suite o Bairnsangs''. His ''Collected Poems'' (1974) drew on 12 published collections. He wrote a number of other books, including one on

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and a seminal biography of the composer

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and mid-twentieth century Scottish classical music, entitled ''Francis George Scott and the Scottish Renaissance'' (1980). Dr Lindsay was director of the

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, president of the

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from 1989 to 1993, and was honorary secretary-general of

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Select Bibliography

* ''The Discovery of Scotland'', Robert Hale, 1964, * ''As I Remember: Ten Scottish Authors recall How Writing Began for Them'', Editor, Robert Hale, 1979, * ''

and the

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'', Paul Harris, 1980 * ''Count All Men Mortal: A History of Scottish Provident 1837 - 1987'', Canongate Press, 1987, * ''Scottish Comic Verse'', Editor, Robert Hale, 1981, * ''The Castles of Scotland'', Constable & Robinson, 1986, * ''The Edinburgh Book of Twentieth-century Scottish Poetry'' (co-edited with Lesley Duncan), Edinburgh University Press, 2005,

Reviews

* Ross, Raymond J. (1980), ''Prophet Unhonoured'', review of ''Francis George Scott and the Scottish Renaissance'', in ''

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'' No. 4, Winter 1980-81, p. 37, * Donaldson, William (1981), review of ''Scottish Comic Verse'', in Murray, Glen (ed.), ''

'' No. 6, Autumn 1981, p. 43

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