Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century: A Music Collection and Historical StudyJohn Donald Publishers, 1984 - 257 pages |
Contents
page INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The making of a manuscript | 7 |
The making of a printed collection | 9 |
SONG AND DANCETUNES TO 1720 | 14 |
Tunes based on five notes | 16 |
Tunes based on two chords | 18 |
Tunes based on Italian chord progressions | 19 |
Highland laddie | 22 |
Johnnie Cope | 97 |
The Highlanders farewell | 98 |
Mount your baggage | 99 |
The hare among the corn | 100 |
NOTES ON THE MUSIC | 102 |
SCORDATURA | 106 |
Scordatura after 1800 | 109 |
Practice piece I | 111 |
Allan Water | 23 |
Killiecrankie | 24 |
Sour plums of Galashiels | 25 |
love my love in secret | 26 |
Lasses gar your tails toddle | 27 |
The horsemans port | 28 |
Drunken wives of Carlisle | 29 |
When she cam ben she bobbit set by John McLachlan | 30 |
EDITORIAL METHOD | 31 |
NOTES ON THE MUSIC | 32 |
THE SCOTS DRAWING ROOM STYLE | 34 |
With or without accompaniment? | 39 |
Johnnie Faa set by Francesco Barsanti | 41 |
Leith Wynd set by William McGibbon | 42 |
Theres three good fellows ayont yon glen set by William McGibbon | 44 |
Through the wood laddie set by William McGibbon | 46 |
When she cam ben she bobbit set by William McGibbon | 48 |
Pentland Hills James Oswald | 51 |
Rory Dalls port James Oswald | 53 |
Will you go to Flanders? ? set by Robert Bremner | 56 |
Robaidh dona gòrach set by Nathaniel Gow | 61 |
NOTES ON THE MUSIC | 63 |
LONG VARIATION SETS | 65 |
vii | 69 |
Chordal variations | 71 |
European influences on variation sets | 72 |
A wife of my ain | 76 |
My NannyO set by William Forbes of Disblair | 77 |
Up tails a set by William Forbes of Disblair | 78 |
Cailleach odhar set by David Young | 79 |
Allan Water set by David Young | 81 |
The reel of Tulloch after David Young | 82 |
Old Sir Symon the king after Henry Purcell | 84 |
Black Jock after Charles McLean | 86 |
The maltman comes on Monday | 89 |
The East Neuk of Fife | 92 |
Duncan Gray | 94 |
Lumps of puddings set by James Oswald | 95 |
The lea rig | 96 |
Willie Winks testament | 112 |
Donald McIntosh | 113 |
Wat ye wha I met yestreen | 114 |
Duke of Argyles strathspey set by Nathaniel Gow | 115 |
NOTES ON THE MUSIC | 117 |
BAGPIPE PIECES | 119 |
Pibroch | 122 |
Battle pieces | 124 |
Pibroch | 128 |
Piobaireachd Dhomhnaill | 130 |
Cumha Easbuig Earraghàidheal | 131 |
Cumha Iarla Wigton | 141 |
Flat keys | 147 |
NOTES ON THE MUSIC | 159 |
Alterations during transmission | 166 |
viii | 167 |
NOTES ON THE MUSIC | 190 |
James Oswald | 197 |
NOTES ON THE MUSIC | 211 |
What the Duke of Atholl did instead | 217 |
The Gow collections | 219 |
Green grows the rashes | 223 |
St Bernards Well | 224 |
The Deils among the tailors | 225 |
Welcome home my dearie | 226 |
Miss Admiral Gordons strathspey William Marshall | 227 |
Sir Archibald Grant of Monymusks strathspey Daniel Dow | 228 |
Dunkeld House Niel Gow | 229 |
Colonel Hamiltons delight Joseph Reinagle | 230 |
NOTES ON THE MUSIC | 231 |
SPECIAL EFFECTS | 234 |
The hens march ? Robert Bremner | 236 |
Marriage and money | 238 |
The sows tail with variations set by William Nisbet of Dirleton | 239 |
NOTES ON THE MUSIC | 243 |
FIDDLE MUSIC AFTER 1800 | 244 |
REFERENCES | 248 |
INDEX | 254 |
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