Thistle and Minuet - 16 easy pieces from the Scottish Baroque

- 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