Elliots of Minto - please help! (T.S. Elliot Cats)

Subject: Elliots of Minto - pleeeeease help!
From: GUEST,Charlotte
Date: 26 Apr 05 - 02:24 PM

Hello, I was wondering if anyone could possibly help me out...

I'm a university student doing a dissertation about Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Cats". I believe that one of the songs in the musical was based on the tune to something called "The Elliots of Minto". Through looking at websites I have discovered that the Elliots are a Scottish Clan but I can't really find any references to a song or tune of that name. I would really like to listen to this tune and I was wondering if anyone has heard of it and if so does anyone know where i could possibly find some sort of recording or sheet music?

thank you

Subject: RE: Elliots of Minto - please help!
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 26 Apr 05 - 02:35 PM

according to a TS Elliot site 'The March of the Pollicle Dogs" was based on 'The Elliots of Minto' - but I can't find the tune anywhere.

Subject: RE: Elliots of Minto - please help!
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 26 Apr 05 - 02:40 PM

Eleven minutes--not bad, Leo!

Subject: RE: Elliots of Minto - please help!
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 26 Apr 05 - 02:41 PM

except a negative answer isn't really an answer

Subject: RE: Elliots of Minto - please help!
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 26 Apr 05 - 02:48 PM

It's not a negative answer, it's a confirmation of the original information, and for those of us reading of this for the first time, it gives the name of the song in question in the muscial.

SRS

Subject: RE: Elliots of Minto - please help!
From: GUEST,Charlotte
Date: 26 Apr 05 - 04:28 PM

Well thanx for yur help anyway!

Subject: RE: Elliots of Minto - please help!
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 26 Apr 05 - 04:33 PM

charlotte - someone may come along who knows of it.    Or you might want try a fiddle tune site. I have no basis to decide this - but it "sounds" like the title of a fiddle tune to me.

Subject: RE: Elliots of Minto - please help!
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 26 Apr 05 - 04:48 PM

There is always the option of a Google Search.

SRS

Subject: RE: Elliots of Minto - please help!
From: wysiwyg
Date: 26 Apr 05 - 04:51 PM

Charlotte, you might want to bookmark this thread so you can find it easily later. The threads only stay visible for 24 hours after the last post. (They do not actually disappear; they just are not shown on the 1-day thread menu.) Or you can use the age-filter box next to the REFRESH button at the top of the threadlist, any time you want to look back for your thread.

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