Thistle and Minuet
16 Easy Pieces from the Scottish Baroque
violin (flute, oboe) and piano; cello (bassoon) ad libitum (VLN/VCL/PF)
Thistle and Minuet
16 Easy Pieces from the Scottish Baroque
violin (flute, oboe) and piano; cello (bassoon) ad libitum (VLN/VCL/PF)
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- Meet Scotland's 18th-century composers! - Classical pieces influenced by folk, and vice versa - Dance tunes celebrating new bridges in Scotland (1769-1809) - Scottisch love songs - First modern edition of James Oswald's 'Thistle' sonata - Two pieces by Stamitz's Scottish pupil the Earl of Kelly - Creative use of 1st position on the violin - Also suitable for flute and oboe - Simple, effective accompaniments - Newly researched, authentic texts The edition is part of the Trinity syllabus 2007 (grade 1)
Contents
- Gigue (John Clerk of Penicuik)
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- Four Scots songs:
- The blathrie o't
- The yellow-hair'd laddie
- Low down in the broom
- Hey Jenny, come down to Jock
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- Five tunes celebrating new bridges:
- The New Bridge of Edinburgh
- The South Bridge of Edinburgh
- The Bridge of Perth (Daniel Dow)
- The New Bridge of Ballater (Robert Petrie)
- The New Bridge of Rutherglen
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- Marches:
- Count Sax's March (William McGibbon)
- March for the 22nd Regiment (General Reid)
- Largo (Earl of Kelly)
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- Minuets:
- Mrs. Ker's Minuet (Earl of Kelly)
- Minuet in A, with variations (William McGibbon)
- Sonata in G, The Thistle (James Oswald)
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- About the composers
- Notes on the music
- About the performers
- CD track list
