Donald Angus Beaton

Donald Angus Beaton
Birth name	Donald Angus Beaton
Born	1912
Origin	Mabou, Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada[1]
Died	1981

Donald Angus Beaton was a blacksmith and a fiddler. He was the son of Angus R. Beaton (Aonghas Raonuill) and Annie Belle Campbell.^[1]

He composed for the violin and his work may be heard on the Rounder LP 7011 The Beatons Of Mabou - Marches, Jigs, Strathspeys & Reels of the Highland Scot '.^[2] The Smithsonian Folkways Recordings SFW40507 Cape Breton Fiddle and Piano Music, The Beaton Family of Mabou feature his compositions played by his family.^[3]

His son is the popular Cape Breton fiddler Kinnon Beaton.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} MacGillivary, Allister (1981). The Cape Breton Fiddler. pp. 80. ISBN 0-920336-12-4. 
2. ^ Rounder Lps
3. ^ Folkways

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Name	Beaton, Donald Angus
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Date of birth	1912
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Date of death	1981
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