Dorian Recordings
DOR-90257
The Scottish Lute Volume II
Ronn McFarlane, Lute
Little is known of the earliest history of the Lute in Scotland, though it was clearly an important instrument for centuries before the first lute manuscripts appeared. Crusaders, for example, returned from the East with lutes, among other musical instruments. As early as the thirteenth century, and for centuries thereafter, there were frequent references to the "tinkling" and the "melodious sound" of the "jolie lute" in Scottish poetry, and poets always included it in inventories of then fashionable instruments. Joyful, doleful, even diabolical - all of the many moods of the lute inspired Scottish poets over the years, suggesting it was an instrument with which the educated classes were intimately familiar. - Kevin Bazzana
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Anonymous - The Wemyss Lute Book (c.1644-1648) * [ 1] I choys to ly my lon [ 2] blew riben [ 3] Ladi ly nier mee [ 4] our last good night [ 5] generall Leslys godnight Anonymous - The Rowallan Lute Book (c.1620) * [ 6] In ane inch I warrant [ 7] Untitled [ 8] Untitled [ 9] Maggae Hamfor [10] Katherines Bairdie The Balcarres Lute Book (c.1700) # [11] Tweedsyde - by mr beck [12] Cutte spoon and tree ladie - mr macklaughlans way, by Mr Beck [13] The canaries - the old way, in mr mclaughlans fashion, by mr beck [14] I wish I were where Helen lyes - by david grieve [15] The highland king - mr mclachlands way, by mr Beck [16] Port Athol - John morisons way, by mr Beck [17] I love my love, in secret - by mr beck, morisons way [18] Jockie leaped over the dyke - mr mclachlands way, by mr beck Anonymous - The Wemyss Lute Book * [19] Through the wood Laudie [20] Lilt milne [21] da miche manum [22] Ruthueins Lilt [23] fair and Louky [24] doun in yon banks [25] My lady binnis lilt The Balcarres Lute Book # [26] A Scotts tune - mr Lesslie [27] Where Will our goodman lye - mr mclaughlans way, by mr Beck [28] The newest scotts measure - mr mclaughlans way, by mr beck [29] Sweet Willie - mr Becks way [30] I never New, I loved the - by mr Beck [31] When she came in, she bobbed - mr mclachlands way, by master Beck [32] Simon brodie - mr Mclachlands way, by mr Beck Anonymous - The Rowallan Lute Book * [33] Mary Betons Row [34] Current Tried [35] Over the Dyke Davie [36] Untitled The Balcarres Lute Book # [37] The horsemans Port - mr Macklachlands way, by mr Beck [38] If thou wert my own thing - mr mclaughlans way, by mr beck [39] A gigge - mr mclachlans way, by mr beck [40] The more discreet, the wellcomer - mr Becks way [41] The lady Binnes lilt - by david grieve [42] Tarphicken - mr Becks way [43] The New Highland ladie - mr becks way [44] Da mihi manum - mr mclaughlans way, by mr Beck * 10-course lute by Mark Butler, Baltimore 1979 (rebuilt by David Brown, Baltimore, 1994) # 11-course lute by Andrew Rutherford, New York, 1991 |
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