Scottish songs and ballads such as "The Skye Boat Song"
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Scottish songs and ballads such as "The Skye Boat Song" are traditional musical narratives that celebrate and romanticize the Jacobite era and the figure of Bonnie Prince Charlie in Scottish history and folklore.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
narrative song tradition
ⓘ
traditional Scottish music genre ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Charles Edward Stuart
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jacobitism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectedIn | 19th-century folk song collections ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
expression of Scottish identity
ⓘ
preservation of Scottish historical memory ⓘ |
| genre |
ballad
ⓘ
folk music ⓘ |
| hasRepresentativeWork |
"Charlie Is My Darling"
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
"The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Skye Boat Song" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Will Ye No Come Back Again" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre | Jacobite song ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Jacobite era ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Gaelic musical traditions
ⓘ
border ballad tradition ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| laterDevelopment | 19th-century literary adaptation ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
commemoration of historical events
ⓘ
mythologizing of Bonnie Prince Charlie ⓘ romanticization of Jacobite cause ⓘ |
| performanceContext |
Scottish cultural events
ⓘ
folk music sessions ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| periodOfOrigin | 18th century ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Celtic revival
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scottish romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ national epic tradition ⓘ |
| transmissionMethod |
oral transmission
ⓘ
printed broadsides ⓘ song collections ⓘ |
| typicalForm | strophic song ⓘ |
| typicalInstrumentation |
Scottish harp
ⓘ
bagpipes ⓘ fiddle ⓘ voice ⓘ |
| typicalTheme |
Bonnie Prince Charlie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jacobite risings NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ exile and loss ⓘ romantic nationalism ⓘ |
| usedFor | evoking romantic Scottish past ⓘ |
| usedIn | television and film soundtracks ⓘ |
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