S4 E34 Robert Bremner Part 2: Robert & James Bremner and the Declaration of Independence
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 Please take advantage of the Tune Collection tab: https://www.wetootwaag.com/tunesources Also Please take a minute to leave a review of the podcast! Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677 Listen on Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QxzqrSm0pu6v8y8pLsv5j?si=QLiG0L1pT1eu7B5_FDmgGASupport Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast