Re: [scots-l] old books (was ABCs)
Speaking of old books, I found one in my mother's house. [...] It is not dated. Called Scotland Calling in 50 Scottish Songs, it has both staff notation and sol-fa. For someone who has only a vague knowledge of sol-fa, this is rather like finding the rosetta stone. The book was published by Mozart Allen, 84 Carlton Place in Glasgow. Lots of standard stuff, like Scots Wha Hae and Auld Lang Syne, but a couple of tunes I don't already know (which you all probably know like the back of your fiddle, so I won't embarass myself by listing the ToC). I *shall* embarass myself by admitting I don't know the arranger, who is Mr. C. MacKay Collier. Does this clue help date it? I looked this up in the National Library of Scotland. Haven't seen the actual books (if they're undated that won't help much), only the catalogue entries. They have two copies; one from Murdoch Henderson's collection, dated 1964, and another helpfully dated 1900-1995 with a 1996 accession code - I presume that means Mozart Allan caught up on a century's backlog of legal deposits in one hit. The cover design, as I remember it, certainly looks older than 1964, but music publishers are conservative about such things - the style could predate WW1. I haven't heard of Collier either. As Mozart Allan were/are based in Glasgow, perhaps the Mitchell Library has more copies that might pin this down better. Maybe some Glaswegian list member could look? The NLS has two other items titled Scotland Calling. One is a BBC forthcoming-programmes list from 1932, exactly the period David Kilpatrick was suggesting. The other is about the Empire Exhibition held in Glasgow in 1938. The address is another clue, as a last resort; Glasgow directories will say when they moved. The earliest address I have for them (on the two sets of 110 Scottish Songs, published in the 19th century) is 60 South Portland Street; the 1996 one was 65 Berkeley Street, a few doors from where James S Kerr used to be. They have also changed their spelling at some point; they were Allan on all the book covers I've got, Allen in the 1996 Royal Mail postal address book I'm using. Are there any other items advertised in this book? That might help date it. === http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ === Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
[scots-l] Silvery Voe
From: Keith W Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [scots-l] The Silvery Voe I've searched the web over and can't find the abc's or a gif or jpg of this tune, The Silvery Voe. It's a Shetland tune on Tom Andersons/Aly Bain's CD The Sliver Bow. Does anyone have this in one of these formats? Orcould you point me in the right direction? AND What's a Voe? or even a Silvery Voe Voe is verry common word on the maps of Shetland. See Sullom Voe, the location of the large Oil Terminal, which is perhaps the most famous. From the map a voe seems to be a body of water such as an inlet or sea-loch - similar to fjord perhaps? Hence the Silvery Voe. I think this is a Tom Anderson Tune and it might be in Ringing Strings or one of the other collections in the same series. Philip W -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [scots-l] Silvery Voe
Philip W writes: | From: Keith W Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: [scots-l] The Silvery Voe | I've searched the web over and can't find the abc's or a gif or jpg of | this tune, The Silvery Voe. It's a Shetland tune on Tom Andersons/Aly | Bain's CD The Sliver Bow. Does anyone have this in one of these | formats? Orcould you point me in the right direction? AND | What's a Voe? or even a Silvery Voe | | Voe is verry common word on the maps of Shetland. See Sullom Voe, the | location of the large Oil Terminal, which is perhaps the most famous. From | the map a voe seems to be a body of water such as an inlet or sea-loch - | similar to fjord perhaps? | | Hence the Silvery Voe. I think this is a Tom Anderson Tune and it might be | in Ringing Strings or one of the other collections in the same series. Yup; it's on page 37. Here it is, with Tom's explanation, and with the somewhat unusual positioning of the pickup to the second part: X: 1 T: The Silvery Voe C: Tom Anderson 1966 B: Ringing Strings p.37 Z: John Chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] N: When the full moon shines down on a Shetland voe in winter the sea appears to be N: shining silver. Composed in the winter of 1966 when driving along Weisdale Voe. N: In the key of F major, as that key to me is always a silver colour. From a tape N: recording of Tom by a student. M: C L: 1/8 K: F C \ [| A3G F2C2 | D2F2 C4 | D2B2 C2A2 | (BA) GF G2C2 | A3G F2C2 | (D2F2) D3B | AC3 B,2G2 | F4 F2 :| AB | (c3A) (f3A) | B3c/d/ (c3A) | B2(dB) A2(cA) | (BA) GF G2AB | (c3A) (f2A2) | B2cd (c3B) | AC3 (A3G) | F3E kFG kAB | (c3A) (f2A2) | B2cd (c3A) | BkdcB AkcBA | (BA)GF G2C2 | F3G F2C2 | D2F2C2B2 | AC3 B,2G2 | F4-F4 |] Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
[scots-l] Re: Amazing Grace
With all the discussion that's centered around this Song/tuneAmazing Grace ( and intriguing depth thereof ) I was just wondering if anyone know's how well the words work with the theme music of Gilligans Island. This was brought to my attention several years ago and stuck with me. Sorry for the break in train of thought concerning this most insightful discussion. Keith Dunn GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
