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'''LANGUOR OF LOVE , THE''' (Tha mi tinn leis a'Ghaol). Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AB (Fraser): AAB (Alburger). "This much admired melody the editor took down from the singing of his father, Captain John Fraser. It resembles the genuine Scottish style, but it stamps its own originality, for there can be no doubt, if rightly known, it could not long remain dormant. It is very common in Inverness-shire, but imperfectly sung as a rant, to verses composed to General Fraser of Lovat, when raising his first Highland regiments. But the sickness or languor of lore was the subject of it, as sung by the editor's father,--and with this note upon an air commencing the work,--the editor begs leave to caution performers, that new beauties will arise in most of these airs, the more deliberately they are played, if not otherwise marked" (Fraser). | '''LANGUOR OF LOVE , THE''' (Tha mi tinn leis a'Ghaol). Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AB (Fraser): AAB (Alburger). "This much admired melody the editor took down from the singing of his father, Captain John Fraser. It resembles the genuine Scottish style, but it stamps its own originality, for there can be no doubt, if rightly known, it could not long remain dormant. It is very common in Inverness-shire, but imperfectly sung as a rant, to verses composed to General Fraser of Lovat, when raising his first Highland regiments. But the sickness or languor of lore was the subject of it, as sung by the editor's father,--and with this note upon an air commencing the work,--the editor begs leave to caution performers, that new beauties will arise in most of these airs, the more deliberately they are played, if not otherwise marked" (Fraser). | ||
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LANGUOR OF LOVE , THE (Tha mi tinn leis a'Ghaol). Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AB (Fraser): AAB (Alburger). "This much admired melody the editor took down from the singing of his father, Captain John Fraser. It resembles the genuine Scottish style, but it stamps its own originality, for there can be no doubt, if rightly known, it could not long remain dormant. It is very common in Inverness-shire, but imperfectly sung as a rant, to verses composed to General Fraser of Lovat, when raising his first Highland regiments. But the sickness or languor of lore was the subject of it, as sung by the editor's father,--and with this note upon an air commencing the work,--the editor begs leave to caution performers, that new beauties will arise in most of these airs, the more deliberately they are played, if not otherwise marked" (Fraser).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music), 1983; Ex. 101, pp 166-167. Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 1, p. 1.
Recorded sources:
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