Annotation:Braes of Ballenden (2) (The)

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{{TuneAnnotation |f_tune_annotation_title=https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Braes_of_Ballenden_(2)_(The) > |f_annotation=BRAES OF BALLENDEN [2], THE. Scottish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Ballenden is another name for Ballantyne, spelled variously Balandine, Ballandyne, Ballendine etc. The air was composed by cellist, composer, arranger and music publisher [[Wikipedia:James Oswald (composer) (1710-1769). Alexander Campbell opined that "...had he (Oswald) composed nothing else but 'The Braes of Ballenden' and the air to 'Lovely Nymph', introduced in the burletta of Midas, his fame would live as long as a relish exists for genuine Scottish melody." The melody also appears in Johnson's Scots Musical Museum (vol. I, 1787, p. 93).

Fr. John Quinn believes James O'Neill's "Banks of the Blackwater (The)" (Music of Ireland, 1903, No. 50) is derived from Oswald's "Braes of Ballenden (2)." |f_source_for_notated_version= |f_printed_sources=O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. II), c. 1806; p. 93. |f_recorded_sources= |f_see_also_listing= }}

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