Having to make it much harder this year since there are resident geniuses in our midst. I'll also have to think of a suitable prize. This time there are twenty questions, twenty points. If - like question 1 - there are two parts to the answer, each correct answer will win half a point. My decision will be final. Have a go!
SCOTTISH FOLK/TRADITIONAL MUSIC QUIZ 1. "Her auld faither girns at the ingle side - 'It's the Lowland squire ye maun wed, An' ye to the kirk in a coach shall ride, An' in velvet an' silk ye'll be cled, An' on siller ware ye shall dine at the board, An' the diamonds shall shine on your broo..." These lyrics by William Martin were published in about 1903 to music arranged by Gavin Greig; but who composed the original tune, and what was it called? 2. What the connects the titles of these old Scottish reels: "John of Badenyon;" "Och a Chiallain;" "Cuir sa Chiste Mhoir Mi." 3. The Shetland fiddler Ian Burns composed quite a few tunes, but what was his very first composition? 4. Which town held Scotland's first folk festival in 1964? 5. Which Scottish harper is also celebrated as an artist in engraved glass? 6. Which song is quoted here: "Now the summer's in prime, wi' the flowers richly blooming, And the wild mountain thyme a' the moorlands perfuming..." 7. Which of the following has NOT been a member of the Tannahill Weavers: Iain MacInnes; Michael Ward; Derek Hoy; Dougie MacLean; Bill Bourne; Ross Kennedy. 8. He was from Dundee, and in 1921 at age eleven he saw Scott Skinner perform at the Caird Hall. His own recording began with Beltona in 1931, and he played with many of Scotland's top musicians. His popular compositions include "Lament for Will Starr" and "J B Milne." Who is he? 9. Patie Birnie was a celebrated fiddler from Loanhead, just outside Edinburgh. Name another, possibly more recent, fiddler from Loanheed. 10. Who, in August 1999, said "...[quicksteps] started out as military marches for the fife; usually a regiment had its own slow march (invariably duple time) and quickstep (usually 6/8). These probably got into the dance repertoire via the piano; the Volunteer regiments of the late 18th century inspired a mountain of salon marches aimed at parlour patriots. The first printed quicksteps for the pipes date from just after the Napoleonic War, which is a generation later. But probably the pipers had been adapting the fifers' tunes for decades previously. The army dropped the fife in 1816, and most of the old quicksteps rapidly fell out of use, with the pipers' repertoire tending to use the same rhythms but totally different melodic patterns..." Which locations do the following tunes and songs suggest: 11. Mairi's Wedding 12. The Dark Island 13. Teribus 14. Glencoe Village Hall 15. The Bonnets o' Bonnie Dundee Finally, what are the original Scottish tunes on which the following are based: 16. Billy in the Lowground (USA) 17. Old Molly Hare (USA) 18. The Boyne Hunt (Ireland) 19. The Watchmaker (Ireland) 20. The Gallowglass (Ireland) -- Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/gatherer/ Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
