Work Title
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A Collection of the best old Scotch and English Songs
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Alternative. Title
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A Collection of the best old Scotch and English Songs set for the Voice with Accompaniments and Thorough-Bass for the Harpsichord
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Composer
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Oswald, James
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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None [force assignment]
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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20 songs:
- The Lass of Peaty's Mill (voice & continuo. 4 verses)
- Sae merry as we twa ha'e been - A lass that was loaden with care (voice & continuo; 2 flutes. 3 verses)
- Polwart on the Green - At Polwart on the Green (voice & continuo; 2 flutes. 3 verses)
- Pinky House - As Sylvia in a forest lay (voice, 2 violins & continuo. 5 verses)
- The Birks of Endermay - The smiling morn, the breathing Spring (voice & continuo; 2 flutes. 2 verses)
- Bessy Bell and Mary Gray - O Bessy Bell and Mary Gray (2 voices & continuo; 2 flutes. 4 verses)
- The last time I came o'er the Moor (voice, 2 violins & continuo. 5 verses)
- Woe's my Heart that we shou'd sunder - With broken words and downcast eyes (voice & continuo; 2 flutes. 3 verses)
- Rossline Castle - Twas in that season of the year (voice & continuo; 2 flutes. 4 verses)
- The Bush aboon Traquair - Hear me ye nymphs and ev'ry swain (voice & continuo; 2 flutes. 4 verses)
- De'el take the Warr (voice & continuo; 2 flutes. 2 verses)
- The Young Laird - Now wat ye wha I met yest'reen (voice & continuo. 4 verses)
- Believe my Sighs (voice & continuo; 2 flutes. 2 verses)
- The Banks of Forth, by J. Oswald - Ye Silvan pow'rs that rule the plain (voice & continuo; 2 flutes. 6 verses)
- Saw ye nae my Peggy (voice & continuo; 2 flutes. 2 verses)
- Nanny-o - While some for pleasure pawn their health (voice & continuo; 2 flutes. 2 verses)
- The Message - Send home my long stray'd eyes to me (2 violins, voice & continuo; 2 flutes. 3 verses)
- Tweed Side - What beauties does Flora disclose (voice & continuo; 2 flutes. 4 verses)
- Ianthe the Lovely - Ianthe the lovely, the joy of the swain (voice & continuo; 2 flutes. 3 verses)
- Lovesick Jockey - A bonny Northern lad (voice & continuo)
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Language
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English (some Scots dialect)
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Dedication
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the Princess Dowager of Wales
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Baroque
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Piece Style
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Classical
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Instrumentation
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voice, continuo; voice, harpsichord; voice, 2 violins, continuo; 2 voices, continuo; 2 flutes/recorders alone
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