Nathaniel Gow (1727-1807) was the son of a weaver who taught himself to play the fiddle. He composed over seventy tunes and became a famous musician. His four songs, Andrew, John William and Nathaniel all followed in his footsteps. His youngest son Nathaniel (1751-1791) was the most successful of the four, and in addition to becoming a composer, founded a music publishing company in Edinburgh in 1796.

Neil Gow, Jr. was Nathaniel's eldest son. He became a physician, but then went to work for his father in the publishing company. He died in 1823 at the age of twenty-eight.

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