Scottish fiddle music in the 18th century : a music collection and historical study / David Johnson.
| Author/creator | Johnson, David |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Edinburgh : J. Donald, 1984. |
| Description | x, 257 pages : illustrations, music ; 29 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | I. Song and Dance-tunes to 1720: Highland laddie ; I wish I were where Helen lies ; Allan Water ; Gowd on you gartens, Marion ; Macpherson's testament ; Killiecrankie ; Saw na ye my Peggie ; Sour plums of Galashiels ; I love my love in secret ; Bride next ; Lasses gar your tails toddle ; The collier's daughter ; The horseman's port ; Drunken wives of Carlisle ; When she cam ben, she bobbit / John McLachlan -- II. The 'Scots Drawing Room' Style: Johnnie Faa / Francesco Barsanti ; Leith Wynd / William McGibbon ; There's three good fellows ayont yon glen / William McGibbon ; Through the wood, laddie / William McGibbon ; When she cam ben, she bobbit / William McGibbon ; Pentland Hills / James Oswald ; Rory Dall's port / James Oswald ; Will you go to Flanders? / Robert Bremner ; Robaidh dona gorach / Nathaniel Gow -- III. Long Variation Sets: A wife of my ain ; My Nanny-O / William Forbes ; Up tails a' / William Forbes ; Cailleach odhar / David Young ; Allan Water / David Young ; The reel of Tulloch / David Young ; Old Sir Symon the king / Henry Purcell ; Black Jock / Charles McLean ; The maltman comes on Monday ; The East Neuk of Fife ; Duncan Gray ; Lumps of pudding / James Oswald ; The lea rig ; Johnnie Cope ; The Higlander's farewell ; Sweden's march ; Mount your baggage ; The hare among the corn -- IV. Scordatura: Practice piece I ; Practice piece II ; Black sloven ; Willie Wink's testament ; The fox lamentation ; Donald McIntosh ; Wat ye wha I met yestreen ; The miller's wedding ; Duke of Argyle's strathspey / Nathaniel Gow -- V. Bagpipe Pieces: Pibroch ; Piobaireachd Dhomhnaill ; Cumha Easbuig Earraghaidheal ; Cumha Iarla Wigton ; Mackintosh's lament ; The battle of Harlaw ; A Highland battle / James Oswald -- VI. Minuets: Minuet in A, with variations / William McGibbon ; Miss Carmichae's minuet ; Miss Faw's minuet/She's sweetes when she's naked ; Lady Jean Lindsay's minuet / Daniel Dow ; Mrs Grant of Arndilly's/General Burgoine's minuet / Earl of Kelly ; Miss Kinloch's minuet / J.G.C. Schetky -- VII. Variations Sonatas: Sonata on 'Bonny Jean of Aberdeen' / Alexander Munro ; Sonata on 'Twas within a furlong of Edinburgh town' / Charles Mclean ; Sonata on 'The lea rig' ; Sonata on 'Pinkie House' / Robert Mackintosh and Charles McLean -- VIII. Sonatas: Sonata in G / John Reid -- IX. Reels, Hornpipes, Strathspeys and Jigs from 1760: Green grows the rashes ; The flowers of the forest ; The Duke of Perth's reel ; St. Bernard's Well ; The Earl of Dalhousie's reel / Nathaniel Gow ; The De'il's among the tailors ; Dusty Miller ; Welcome home, my dearie ; O'er the muir among the heather ; Rose Street strathspey / Robert Ferguson ; Miss Admiral Gordon's strathspey / William Marshall ; Mrs Fordyce of Ayton's strathspey / Robert Mackintosh ; Sir Archibald Grant of Monymusk's strathspey / Daniel Dow ; I'll lay no more with my mother ; Greensleeves ; Dunkeld House / Niel Gow ; The South Bridge of Edinburgh/The Haddington Assembly ; Colonel Hamilton's delight / Joseph Reinagle -- X. Special Effects: The hen's march / Robert Bremner ; Marriage and money ; The sow's tail, with variations / William Nisbet. |
| General note | An anthology and a study of the fiddle music current in Scotland between 1700 and 1800. |
| General note | Principally traditional fiddle tunes; in part composed dance tunes and settings for violin and continuo (in score, bass realized for keyboard instrument). |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Bibliography note | Bibliography: pages 248-253. |
| ISBN | 0859760685 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML878 .J63 1984 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |