I'm quite aware of the dedications! But my point was that the Stuart monarchy had scottish roots and it was almost within living memory in 1671 that James of Scotland had become king of a united Great Britain. Hence a true scottish connection (no scotch snaps tho' if that is what's wanted.......).
M --- On Mon, 18/8/08, Monica Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Monica Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Search for Scottish pieces > To: "Martyn Hodgson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Vihuelalist" <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Date: Monday, 18 August, 2008, 4:40 PM > They are not really Scottish unless you regard Charles II as > being Scottish. > The pieces are dedicated to individuals at the Restoration > court. > > La Stuarde probably refers to Francis Teresa Stuart, known > as “La Belle > Stuart”, one of the few women that Charles II failed to > seduce. I don't > know if she was Scottish but she eloped with Duke of > Richmond. > > Monica > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martyn Hodgson" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Vihuela" <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>; > "Rob MacKillop" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 4:20 PM > Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Search for Scottish pieces > > > Rob, > > Other than these two, the only others which come to mind > are in a sense all > pieces in Corebetta's 1671 book dedicated to the Stuart > monarch. In > particular there's a nice sarabande: La Stuart (f. 71) > and the preceding > Allemande: La Royalle > > Martyn > > > --- On Mon, 18/8/08, Rob MacKillop > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Rob MacKillop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [VIHUELA] Search for Scottish pieces > > To: "Vihuela" > <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu> > > Date: Monday, 18 August, 2008, 2:22 PM > > I'm looking for baroque guitar pieces with a > Scottish > > connection. I > > have the two pieces in the Princess Anne Lute Book > and > > the Schiller > > manuscript. Speaking of which, can someone give me > the > > full name for > > the Schiller ms? > > > > Rob MacKillop > > > > -- > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > Send instant messages to your online friends > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
