Weir, Judith - Scotch Minstrelsy
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Weir, Judith - Scotch Minstrelsy

Catalogue No: MUSNOV170325
ArrangementTenor Voice and Piano
Product FormatSheet Music
ComposerJudith Weir
£15.50
Printed on demand, typically dispatched in 3-4 weeks
Pages32
Publication Date1986
EAN5020679521427

For Tenor (or Soprano) and Piano. Scotch Minstrelsy is a song cycle comprising settings of five Scottish ballads whose subject matter is almost exclusively violent happenings which take place against the beautiful background of the Scottish countryside. 'It was my intention to reflect this underlying irony in the way words are set to music.' (J.W.)
First performed on 14 May 1982. Duration: c.12 minutes.

Contents

  1. Bessie Bell And Mary Gray
  2. Bonnie James Campbell
  3. Lady Isobel And The Elf Knight
  4. The Braes Of Yarrow,
  5. The Gipsy Laddie
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