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Songs and Ballads of Dundee
Gatherer's Musical Museum, Vol.1
Being a Choice Selection of Scottish Melodies
Published 1987
A5 format, 48 pages
As interest in traditional music increases, Nigel Gatherer has compiled this delightful selection of Scottish dance music and airs, which brings together some of the more unusual Scottish melodies in distinct and uncluttered settings. Whether it is the sophisticated reels of the nineteenth century, the Strathspeys which evoke feelings of passion, the slow airs, or the Highland pipe marches, these tunes will be enjoyed by all players of traditional music.
95 tunes, including reels, jigs, Strathspeys, slow airs, hornpipes and marches.
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Songs and Ballads of Dundee
Compiled by Nigel Gatherer
First published 1986
This collection of over seventy folk songs and ballads, with music, dealing with Dundee uses extensive notes and carefully chosen photographs to illustrate key periods in the history of the city. Through the songs there unfolds the story of the men of the sea, the great clipper fleets and the hard life o the whaling ships, the rise and fall of the jute mills and the women who supplied their workforce, and the mass unemployment of the 1930s. The characters of Dundee, from Graham of Claverhouse ("Bonnie Dundee" and the elusive Piper o' Dundee to the worthies and rogues of the streets, are celebrated and the result is a fascinating picture of Dundee and its people over the centuries. This should become the definitive collection.
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There are now plans by the Birlinn publishing company to reissue this book in a new edition, hopefully by May 2000. Watch this space.
Do you want more information about the songs and the sources in this book?
See also The Scottish Music Pages
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