Thistle and Minuet 16 Easy Pieces from the Scottish Baroque

Arranger: Johnson, David
Instrument: violin (flute, oboe) and piano; cello (bassoon) ad libitum
Publisher: Schott Music

Song List:
Gigue (John Clerk of Penicuik) - . - Four Scots songs: - The blathrie o't - The yellow-hair'd laddie - Low down in the broom - Hey Jenny, come down to Jock - . - Five tunes celebrating new bridges: - The New Bridge of Edinburgh - The South Bridge of Edinburgh - The Bridge of Perth (Daniel Dow) - The New Bridge of Ballater (Robert Petrie) - The New Bridge of Rutherglen - . - Marches: - Count Sax's March (William McGibbon) - March for the 22nd Regiment (General Reid) - Largo (Earl of Kelly) - . - Minuets: - Mrs. Ker's Minuet (Earl of Kelly) - Minuet in A, with variations (William McGibbon) - Sonata in G, The Thistle (James Oswald) - . - About the composers - Notes on the music - About the performers - CD track list

Description:
- Meet Scotland's 18th-century composers!- Classical pieces influenced by folk, and vice versa- Dance tunes celebrating new bridges in Scotland (1769-1809)- Scottisch love songs- First modern edition of James Oswald's 'Thistle' sonata- Two pieces by Stamitz's Scottish pupil the Earl of Kelly- Creative use of 1st position on the violin- Also suitable for flute and oboe- Simple, effective accompaniments- Newly researched, authentic textsThe edition is part of the Trinity syllabus 2007 (grade 1)