Munro, Alexander 19.sep.1697-10.jul.1767 England, London - Scotland, Edinburgh
amateur composer, compiler of music, publisher of medical science, educated in Edinburgh, attended the anatomical lectures of Dr Chalmers in London, studied in Paris and with Boerhave in Leyden Netherlands, 1721-1759 professor of anatomy at the University of Edinburgh, founder of Edinburgh Medical School and Fellow of the Royal Society

[the composer Alexander Munro cannot be identified with the professor of anatomy Alexander Munro with complete certainty]

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[] A collection of the best Scots tunes fitted to the German flute. 12 Sonatas, grave par Dumont, published Paris 1732	[] 1 - Walace march [] 2 - Mary Scot [] 3 - The Bush Aboon Traquair [] 4 - The Boat man [] 5 - Bony Christie [] 6 - Nansie's to the greenwood gane [] 7 - Bony Jeane [] 8 - Tweed Side [] 9 - Gallow Sheila [] 10 - The Souters of Selkirk [] 11 - Corn Riggs 12 - Sonata in b on Fy gar rub her o'er wi' strae. Traverso, lute and harpsichord Brian Berryman, Axel Wolf, Eckart Kuper. MDG 5051127-2

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