S4 E34 Robert Bremner Part 2: Robert & James Bremner and the Declaration of Independence

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November 27th, 2020

48 mins 19 secs

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Tunes:
Robert Bremner, Loch Ness, Feg for a kiss, The Cross Well of Edinburgh & Watermen’s Rant, Open the Door to Three & Invercaul’s Reel, Straglass House.

James Bremner (By Way of Francis Hopkinson), Lady Coventry’s Minuett
Robert Millar: Lady Coventry’s Minuett, St. Paul’s.
Misc: Wha Saw the Forty Twa
Kerr: Wha’ Widna Fecht
Levey: Milk the Churn/ Gliogar an Mheadair (Fig for a Kiss)

Artwork for this Episode from David Allan “An Edinburgh Watercarrier with a Woman Standing at a Fountain” From the National Galleries of Scotland: https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/8392/edinburgh-watercarrier-woman-standing-fountain?search=David%20Allan&search_set_offset=44

1757 Robert Bremner’s Loch Ness:
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105002614

1757 Robert Bremner’s Feg for a Kiss
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105003109
Levey’s Milk the Churn (Fig for a Kiss)
https://tunearch.org/wiki/Gliogar_an_Mheadair

Lady Coventry’s Minuet with Variations by James Bremner As appears in Francis Hopkinson’s “Selections”
https://www.loc.gov/item/2010563317/
https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/music/songinamerica/200187399/0022v.jpg
The Book I was reading from came from:
Anne McClenny Krauss, “Scotland and America in the Age of Enlightenment (Ediburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1990).

You can Download the Robert Millar Collection on Ross’s Music Page:
https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/music/index.html

Robert Millar’s Lady Coventry’s Minuett can be found on this PDF Download (it is on page 15 of the PDF):
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/millar/pages65-80.pdf

Robert Millar’s St. Paul Psalm can be found on this PDF Download (it is on page 6 of the PDF):
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/millar/pages17-32.pdf

1769 Robert Bremner’s Straglass (Strathglass) house:
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104993968

1769 Robert Bremner’s Cross Well of Edinburgh:
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104994078
1769 Robert Bremner’s Watermen’s Rant:
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104994023

Misc.: Wha Saw the Forty Twa:
https://tunearch.org/wiki/Wha_Saw_the_Forty_Twa
Davies: A bit closer to “Davies” but couldn’t actually find the setting in Davies when I went hunting:
https://tunearch.org/wiki/Wha_Wad%27na_Fecht_for_Charlie
1880’s Kerr Marry Melodies, vol. 2: Wha’ Widna Fecht:
https://tunearch.org/wiki/Wha%27_Widna_Fecht
For the Words and melody I grew up with you can watch the Corries:
https://youtu.be/yWkv_J9wRmg

1769 Robert Bremner’s Open the Door to Three: (Goes all the way back to 17th Century Playford)
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104993968
1769 Robert Bremner’s Invercaul’s (Invercauld) Reel:
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104994045

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