title: Peter Milne (musician)
text: # Peter Milne (musician)
  
  Peter Milne (30 September 1824 – 11 March 1908) was a Scottish violinist and composer. He was known as the "Tarland Minstrel".
  
  ## Life
  
  He was born in Kincardine O'Neil and taught himself the fiddle in his early teens. He became famous as a player of reels and strathspeys.
  
  He was buried in a pauper's grave in Nellfield Cemetery in Aberdeen in 1908. The Scottish Fiddle College erected a stone to his memory.
  
  ## Recognition
  
  Milne was mentor to James Scott Skinner who wrote a Strathspey entitles "Peter Milne".
  
  