The Robert Burns Song Book, Volume I

The Robert Burns Song Book, Volume I
Author: Robert Burns
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2016-09-29
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1619116588

This volume of the songs of Scottish poet Robert Burns contains 85 songs excerpted from the chapter "Country Life" in a larger collection of 324 Burns songs compiled and researched by Serge Hovey. It includes songs portraying farmers, shepherds, millers, weavers, tinkers, colliers, coopers, shoemakers, tailors, and other country folk reflecting Burns's intense love of the Scottish countryside and the oral tradition and music of its people. Robert Burns (1759- 1796) spent his life collecting Scottish songs, using fragments of existing lyrics asthe 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.

The Robert Burns Song Book Volume II

The Robert Burns Song Book Volume II
Author: Serge Hovey
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2018-03-07
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1609741749

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.

The Complete Poems and Songs of Robert Burns

The Complete Poems and Songs of Robert Burns
Author: Robert Burns
Publisher: Waverley Books Limited
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Scotland
ISBN: 9781849342322

"Robert Burns is more than Scotland's national poet. With Shakespeare, Burns is an icon for the UK and Scotland he is a national symbol. This volume of poems and songs is a best selling, beautiful edition of his work."--Publisher description.

The Robert Burns Songbook for Guitar and Voice

The Robert Burns Songbook for Guitar and Voice
Author: Adrian Allan
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2018-12-29
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0244145903

A collection of nineteen of Burns' best-loved songs for guitar and voice. Notation and tablature are provided. Also included are many pages describing the life and works of Burns and an appendix featuring ukulele chords. Songs included are: A ManÕs a Man for AÕ That; Ae Fond Kiss; Afton Water; Afton Water (Original Version); Auld Lang Syne (Original Version); Auld Lang Syne; Comin' Thro the Rye; Corn Rigs; John Anderson, My Jo; Lord Gregory; Mary Morison; My HeartÕs In the Highlands; My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose; My Love SheÕs But a Lassie; My NannieÕs AwaÕ; O Lay Thy Loof in Mine, Lass; The SoldierÕs Return; The Weary Pund OÕ Tow; Ye Banks and Braes.

Robert Burns

Robert Burns
Author: Ian McIntyre
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001
Genre: Poets, Scottish
ISBN: 9781566492058

Ian McIntyre's biography gives a careful analysis of Burn's songs and poetry and strips away the legend to explore what lies beneath. The figure that emerges is sharper, less idealized, perhaps more truly great, than in any previous biography.

Robert Burns and the United States of America

Robert Burns and the United States of America
Author: Arun Sood
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2018-07-23
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 3319944452

This book provides a critical study of the relationship between Robert Burns and the United States of America, c.1786-1866. Though Burns is commonly referred to as Scotland’s “National Poet”, his works were frequently reprinted in New York and Philadelphia; his verse mimicked by an emerging canon of American poets; and his songs appropriated by both abolitionists and Confederate soldiers during the Civil War era. Adopting a transnational, Atlantic Studies perspective that shifts emphasis from Burns as national poet to transnational icon, this book charts the reception, dissemination and cultural memory of Burns and his works in the United States up to 1866.

Performing Robert Burns

Performing Robert Burns
Author: Ian Brown
Publisher: EUP
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2022-11-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9781474457156

This book is unashamedly aimed at a wider market than the ordinary academic volume, as it seeks to extend the impact of the research it contains, making it available to the worldwide community of Burns enthusiasts, without compromising on scholarship. Contributors have been selected not only for their academic rigour and reputation, but also because of their ability to handle their material with elegance and accessibility for the general reader. They offer fresh insights for both academic and general readers, not least through the volume's interdisciplinary approaches, including a contribution from the great interpreter of Burns's songs, Sheena Wellington. A key part of this volume's attraction lies in the way it opens up fresh issues and aspects of performance and performativity and their impact on our perception of Robert Burns and his work.