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Cunningham, Allan,

1784–1842, Scottish author. His collection of The Songs of Scotland, Ancient and Modern (4 vol., 1825) included his own "A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea," one of the best-known sea ballads. His six-volume Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters, Sculptors, and Architects appeared from 1829 to 1833.

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A chapter follows on what the author calls "fakery", namely, the introduction as "traditional" of freshly-composed material conforming in some degree to the inherited styles, and discussion of the work of James Hogg, Allan Cunningham and Lady Nairne and her circle.

Our Ancient National Airs: Scottish Song Collecting from the Enlightenment to the Romantic Era

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The Deal Announces Eleventh Annual Dealmaking Outlook Event at the New York Stock Exchange

She steps back in time for the likes of Caledonia, which marries Tony Cuffe's melody with age-old lyrics, and The Mermaid Of Galloway, written by Allan Cunningham, a neighbour of Robbie Burns.

play: folk & roots; EMILY SMITH Too Long Away (Spit & Polish)

Banks, in turn, was an influential patron and was critical in the appointments of botanists Robert Brown, Allan Cunningham and George Caley, all of whom collected specimens in Australia.

Linnaeus at the National Library

Robert Withington, former works manager and Allan Cunningham, formerly sales engineer, are the driving force.

Employees preserve Occo Coolers name

They were described by Allan Cunningham in 1830, after which there was nowhere to store them and, as Peter Cunningham (son of Allan) wrote, Chantrey 'went to [their] thinning and destruction with a remorseless hand'.

Carving out modernity: an absorbing exhibition at the Soane Museum claims Thomas Banks as Britain's first 'modern' sculptor. As John Kenworthy-Browne explains, he was certainly exceptionally inventive

COUSINS Mark Cooper and Allan Cunningham grew up as lads in neighbouring Old Swan streets and shared a passion for the Reds, writes Dawn Collinson.

Your Home: Head for business runs in family for developers; Cousins and best mates in childhood set up successful property company

This article closely examines Thomas De Quincey's account of his meeting with the Scottish poet and essayist Allan Cunningham.

Keeping Romanticism English: Thomas De Quincey meets Allan Cunningham

For more information on these or any other events, please contact Allan Cunningham, vice president of marketing, at 212-313-9162 or acunningham@thedeal.

The Deal's M&A Outlook 2009 Conference Brings Together Leading Acquirers to Debate the Future of the Market

Company Sergeant Major Allan Cunningham said: "Today marks the final laying up of the old Argyll colours.

Scots lay colours to rest

Smith's contemporary, the poet Allan Cunningham, ruined the reputation of the Yorkshireman Cromek by supplying fake songs for his Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway Song, and wrote a much-lauded poetry collection, The Songs of Scotland, in similar vein.

Minstrels of the Celtic nations: metaphors in early nineteenth-century Celtic song collections

Attendees at our Health Care Innovations conference will hear directly from two pharmaceutical company executives who are in the market looking for new acquisition targets," said Allan Cunningham, director of sales and marketing for Dow Jones Financial Information Services.

Merck and Pfizer Execs to Discuss Their Acquisition-Target Criteria at 'Health Care Innovations 2006,' Dow Jones VentureWire's Second Annual Health Care Conference, to Be Held Sept. 12-13 at Sofitel San Francisco Bay