The Musical Cyclopedia; Being a collection of the most approved English, Scottish and Irish songs;
- Type:
- partituur
- Titel:
- The Musical Cyclopedia; Being a collection of the most approved English, Scottish and Irish songs;
- Jaar:
- 1836
- Onderwerp:
- 19th Century (1801-1900)
18th Century (1701-1800)
Poetry
Folk music
Song
Poetry
Vocal music
Music theory
Scotland
Ireland
United Kingdom - Taal:
- Engels
- Uitgever:
- London Bell 1836
- Plaatsnummer:
- ORPH.KTS1 C1.24 15H15 (Orpheus Instituut)
- Paginering:
- lxxxiv-272 pages
- Nota:
- The Songbook is preceded by a lengthy essay (84 pages) on musical theory 'The first Principles of Music' by William Grier.
Quite some songs are by Robert Burns (1759–1796) generally considered the national poet of Scotland, not only for his poems but for his songs. He avidly collected traditional melodies and composed lyrics to them if these did not exist; if they did exist, he passionately fought to preserve them in their original Scots form rather than Anglicize them.
Further composers are Dibdin, Sheridan, Hamilton, Lowe, Shield, Campbell, Dr. Percy, O'Keefe, H.P. Macleod, Mitchell a.o. - Permalink:
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