Scottish Fiddle Music of the 18th Century |
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David Johnson
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Pages: 272 (Paperback)
ISBN: 1841830836
Pub: Mercat Press
Pub date: 2005-03-16
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 381830
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This is a scholarly book of the best kind by a man who is both an authority and a great enthusiast. It explores the rich world of Scots fiddle music in the 18th. century and the crossover between native tradition, fiddle composers, the drawing room and the influence of continental models. There are extensive and very interesting notes on the background of the tunes and performing styles, but the glory of the book is in the tunes themselves - wonderful airs like 'The Collier's Daughter', drawing room pieces like 'Rory Dall's Port' (the basis for Burns's 'Ae Fond Kiss'), variation sets such as the beautiful scordatura 'Lea Rig' and the amazing 'Black Jock', pibrochs, minuets, variation sonatas, sonatas by McGibbon, James Oswald, John Reid, the Earl of Kelly, reels, hornpipes, strathspeys and jigs. The books is beautifully printed and presented. I don't know another book like it. I have owned it for about eight years now and I come back to it again and again. For anyone interested in this field, player or scholar, it is essential.
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