This second volume of the songs of Scottish poet Robert Burns contains 70 songs excerpted from the chapter "The Lasses" in a larger collection of 324 Burns songs compiled and researched by Serge Hovey. It includes songs expressing the poet's "passion" for his wife Jean, and for "that other species." Robert Burns (1759-1796) spent his life collecting Scottish songs, using fragments of existing lyrics as the basis for his own poems, and wrote original lyrics for traditional melodies. Burns left for posterity about 270 poems and more than 300 songs which are usually printed without their tunes. Serge Hovey meticulously examined Burns' own sources, letters, and manuscripts to determine the origin of every tune and all the verses as well as Burns' intended match of words and music. He then arranged each song with highly imaginative and beautiful accompaniments geared for pianists with average skills. This volume is illustrated with reproductions of paintings, drawings, and prints. These volumes also contain a glossary of frequently appearing Scots words and insightful historical notes for each song.
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This book presents a large number of songs, many not well known, and suprisingly beautiful and melodic. There is a respect for Burns and an apreciation of history and accuracy. The arrangements are unusually excellent, often simple, and so intriguing and exactly right -- sometimes pleasantly quirky -- beautiful.
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rogueish een, twa sparkling, thy loof, rantin dog, mine lass, corn rigs, sae fair, bonny face, interleaved copy, fond kiss, yon hill, nae mair, bonny lass Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hovey Music Company, The Scots Musical Museum, George Thomson, Highland Lassie, Highland Mary, Robert Burns, Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion, James Johnson, Jean Armour, Stephen Clarke, Aird's Airs, Mary Morison, The Merry Muses of Caledonia, Alexander Cunningham, Bonny Dundee, Jean Lorimer, Montgomerie's Peggy, Paul Julian, Playford's The Dancing Master, Stewart's Reels, The Lament, Bremner's Reels, Duncan Davison, Orpheus Caledonius New!
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rogueish een, twa sparkling, thy loof, rantin dog, mine lass, corn rigs, sae fair, bonny face, interleaved copy, fond kiss, yon hill, nae mair, bonny lass Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hovey Music Company, The Scots Musical Museum, George Thomson, Highland Lassie, Highland Mary, Robert Burns, Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion, James Johnson, Jean Armour, Stephen Clarke, Aird's Airs, Mary Morison, The Merry Muses of Caledonia, Alexander Cunningham, Bonny Dundee, Jean Lorimer, Montgomerie's Peggy, Paul Julian, Playford's The Dancing Master, Stewart's Reels, The Lament, Bremner's Reels, Duncan Davison, Orpheus Caledonius New!
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- Merry Muses of Caledonia by R. Burns on 5 pages
- Commonplace Book (Classics) by Robert Burns on 4 pages
- The Traditional and National Music of Scotland by Francis Collinson on page 117, and Back Matter
- Poems and Songs (Dover Thrift Editions) by Robert Burns in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Selected Poems (Penguin Classics) by Robert Burns on page 97, and Back Matter
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