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INTRODUCTION. 15
tions to appear in these pages, but from the utter impossibility
of conveying in the small space to which we have restricted our-
selves any thing like an adequate view of a department of mo-
dern literature so extensive and so varied. The name of these
writers is indeed "legion;" for the popular ear is so susceptible
to the sweet sounds of the national melodies, and the dialect of
Scotland lends itself so naturally and so easily to song, that the
feelings of the illiterate, as well as of the educated, seem to flow
more copiously into lyrical expression than is the case in other
countries. Not only the scholar in his study, and the professed
rhymers and authors, but the tradesman behind his counter, the
weaver at the mill, the ploughman in the field, and the fisher-
tions to appear in these pages, but from the utter impossibility
of conveying in the small space to which we have restricted our-
selves any thing like an adequate view of a department of mo-
dern literature so extensive and so varied. The name of these
writers is indeed "legion;" for the popular ear is so susceptible
to the sweet sounds of the national melodies, and the dialect of
Scotland lends itself so naturally and so easily to song, that the
feelings of the illiterate, as well as of the educated, seem to flow
more copiously into lyrical expression than is the case in other
countries. Not only the scholar in his study, and the professed
rhymers and authors, but the tradesman behind his counter, the
weaver at the mill, the ploughman in the field, and the fisher-
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90348955 |
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| Description | Second edition. London: Nathaniel Cooke, 1854. Without music; includes references to tunes for some of the songs. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.138 |
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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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