Scots Musical Museum
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Scots Musical Museum is a landmark late-18th-century Scottish song collection, closely associated with Robert Burns, that preserved and popularized traditional Scottish music and lyrics.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish cultural work
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music anthology ⓘ song collection ⓘ |
| aim |
popularization of Scottish music
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preservation of Scottish traditional song ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Robert Burns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bibliographicCategory | historical music collection ⓘ |
| containsWorkType |
air
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ballad ⓘ song ⓘ |
| contributionByRobertBurns |
collected traditional songs
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revised existing lyrics ⓘ wrote new lyrics ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | key source for Scottish national song tradition ⓘ |
| editor | James Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
folk music
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traditional Scottish music ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
important source for musicologists studying Scottish folk music
ⓘ
major reference for performers of Scottish song ⓘ |
| hasNotableSong |
Auld Lang Syne
NERFINISHED
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My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ Scots Wha Hae NERFINISHED ⓘ Ye Banks and Braes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Scots Musical Museum, Volume 1
NERFINISHED
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Scots Musical Museum, Volume 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Scots Musical Museum, Volume 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Scots Musical Museum, Volume 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Scots Musical Museum, Volume 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ Scots Musical Museum, Volume 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late 18th century ⓘ |
| includes |
melodies with figured bass
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song texts ⓘ |
| influenced |
19th-century folk song scholarship
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later collections of Scottish song ⓘ |
| language |
English
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Scots ⓘ |
| medium | printed music ⓘ |
| notableContributor | Robert Burns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfItems | over 600 songs ⓘ |
| numberOfVolumes | 6 ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationPeriodEnd | 1803 ⓘ |
| publicationPeriodStart | 1787 ⓘ |
| publisher | James Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
Scottish folk tradition
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Scottish national identity ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
Scottish public
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collectors of national music ⓘ |
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