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INTRODUCTIOX.
contemporary historians Forduu and Boece make honourable
mention of him. Fordun says " he excelled in music, and
not only in tlie vocal kind, but also in instrumental, which is
the perfection of the art; in tabor and choir, in psalter and
organ. Nature, apparently having calculated upon his ac-
quiring something more than the ordinary qualifications of
men, had implanted in him a force and power of divine genius
above all human estimation; and this genius showed itself most
particularly in music. His touch upon the harp produced a
sound so utterly sweet, and so truly delightful to the hearers,
that he seemed to be born a second Orpheus, or, as it were, the
prince and prelate of all harpers."
Ballenden, Arch-Dean of Murray, in his translation of
Boece's History, is equally emphatic: "He was well learnt
to fecht with the sword, to just, to tournay, to warsel, to sing
and dance ; he was an expert mediciner ; richt crafty in playing
baith of lute and harp, and sindry other instruments of musik-
he was expert in gramar, oratoiy, and poetry, and made so
flowand and sententious verses, appeared weel he was ane natu-
ral! and borne Poete."
But the most remarkable testimony to his merits, and to the
influence which he exercised over the musical taste of his coun-
trymen, is afforded in the Pensieri Diversi of Alessandro Tassoni,
an Italian writer, who in the twenty-third chapter of his tenth
book thus distinguishes the king, " Noi ancora possiamo con-
numerar tra nostri, Jacopo Ee di Scozia, die non pur cose
sacre compose in canto, ma trova da se stesso una nuova musica,
lamentevoU e mesta, differente da tutte V altre. Nel che poi e
stato imitato da Carlo Gesualdo Principe di Venosa, che in
questa nostra eta ha illustrate anch' egli la musica con nuove
mirabili invenzioni." " V\^e may reckon among us moderns
contemporary historians Forduu and Boece make honourable
mention of him. Fordun says " he excelled in music, and
not only in tlie vocal kind, but also in instrumental, which is
the perfection of the art; in tabor and choir, in psalter and
organ. Nature, apparently having calculated upon his ac-
quiring something more than the ordinary qualifications of
men, had implanted in him a force and power of divine genius
above all human estimation; and this genius showed itself most
particularly in music. His touch upon the harp produced a
sound so utterly sweet, and so truly delightful to the hearers,
that he seemed to be born a second Orpheus, or, as it were, the
prince and prelate of all harpers."
Ballenden, Arch-Dean of Murray, in his translation of
Boece's History, is equally emphatic: "He was well learnt
to fecht with the sword, to just, to tournay, to warsel, to sing
and dance ; he was an expert mediciner ; richt crafty in playing
baith of lute and harp, and sindry other instruments of musik-
he was expert in gramar, oratoiy, and poetry, and made so
flowand and sententious verses, appeared weel he was ane natu-
ral! and borne Poete."
But the most remarkable testimony to his merits, and to the
influence which he exercised over the musical taste of his coun-
trymen, is afforded in the Pensieri Diversi of Alessandro Tassoni,
an Italian writer, who in the twenty-third chapter of his tenth
book thus distinguishes the king, " Noi ancora possiamo con-
numerar tra nostri, Jacopo Ee di Scozia, die non pur cose
sacre compose in canto, ma trova da se stesso una nuova musica,
lamentevoU e mesta, differente da tutte V altre. Nel che poi e
stato imitato da Carlo Gesualdo Principe di Venosa, che in
questa nostra eta ha illustrate anch' egli la musica con nuove
mirabili invenzioni." " V\^e may reckon among us moderns
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Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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