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Scottish
Fiddle Music
Scottish
Fiddle Music of the 18th Century When it first appeared
in 1984, Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century was a trailblazing
book, making available 100 years of completely unknown fiddle
music. Two decades later, the book is still essential reading
for everyone concerned with Scots fiddling and its history,
exploring the tradition’s musical and cultural influences.
For players, this large format book includes 90 pieces of important
Scottish music, found in no other collection.
 MacPherson's
Rant: And Other Tales of... the Scottish Fiddle. The fiddle
has long played an important parting Scottish musical tradition.
Here in MacPherson's Rant and Other Tales of the Scottish Fiddle
there are stories that reflect that importance. Whether the
fiddle is in the hands of the notorious Highland freebooter
MacPherson or being played by a young man learning a fairy tune,
these tales reflect a traditional culture that us still thriving.
Some of the stories are truly ancient while others quite modern,
but all show that throughout Scotland there has long been a
ready audience for music made by horsehair on catgut. Today
as Scottish culture continues to thrive in the face of all the
modern world can throw at it we should perhaps think on what
Robert Burns once aid to a friend, 'Lang may yer elbuck, jink
an diddle.' In addition to introducing some of the most famous,
as well as some of the lesser-known, tales of the Scottish fiddle,
Stuart McHardy also examines the history of the instrument,
its repertoire and the place the fiddle and the fiddler have
played in Scottish culture over the centuries. The result is
a lively and informative companion to one of the central elements
of the Scottish musical tradition. Scottish Fiddle Music.
Alasdair
Fraser. Alasdair Fraser is recognized throughout the world
as one of the finest fiddle players Scotland has ever produced.
Scottish
Fiddle Music.
Aly
Bain is probably one of the best-known and most significant
fiddle-players in the Scottish tradition. Aly Bain was born
in Lerwick, Shetland, and was taught fiddle by the famed Tom
Anderson. Scottish Fiddle Music.
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