Seventy Scottish Songs (Dover Song Collections)
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Brand: Alfred PublishingEditor: Helen Hopekirk
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1992-09-27
ISBN: 0486270297
Number of pages: 189
Publisher: Dover Publications
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- Song Folio
Book Reviews of Seventy Scottish Songs (Dover Song Collections)
Book Review: Good arrangements, bit of history besides.
Summary: 4 Stars
The arrangements in this compilation are for piano, but other instruments are easily improvised in or can take a certain section in the piano part. That's the music portion (and I love how well it underscores the voice parts), and has some great ones like Loch Lomand (the one that goes 'you take the high road, and I'll take the low road'; I remember it from all the Looney Toons cartoons :-)), Blue Bells of Scotland, Flow Gently Sweet Afton, and Auld Lang Sine.
The better part about Hopekirk's book is that she tried to preserve the language in the lyrics. One may not understand what the song is about for that, so that's what the guide in the front does for you...a dictionary of sorts. There is also a good introduction to the music she chose to include, a bit of history on a few of the songs. I wish there were a few more historical notes, but I suppose there are other books for that.
Summary of Seventy Scottish Songs (Dover Song Collections)
A sterling collection of 70 Scottish songs, including ballads and love songs of great lyric beauty, colorful chants of stirring patriotic fervor, pieces that commemorate special moments in history and legend, and others that note the commonplace charms of everyday life. Contents include "Annie Laurie," "Loch Lomond," "The Campbells Are Coming," "Robin Adair," and "Comin' Through the Rye." Complete lyrics plus full piano accompaniments.
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