Musica Scotica Vol VII: Original Highland Airs Collected at Raasay in 1812 by Elizabeth Jane Ross

Musica Scotica is a series of scholarly editions of Early Scottish Music, published under the general editorship of Dr Gordon Munro. Volume VII contains a repertory of Gaelic melodies - 96 song airs and 54 instrumental pieces - notated for keyboard in 1812 by Elizabeth Ross, the niece of the laird of Raasay, James MacLeod. The editors have provided detailed commentaries on all of the pieces as well as texts and translations for the songs. These distinctive settings comprise a unique and rich view of the musical tastes of MacLeod's highland home and his island community.

Contents

Acknowledgements - ix

Introduction (The manuscript; The author; Survey of the contents) - 11

Concordant Sources - 17

Editorial Method - 25

Commentary on the airs - 29

Airs, Texts and Translations - 82

Alphabetical index of airs - 189

A facsimile of the complete manuscript is available for study on the website of the School of Scottish Studies, Edinburgh University.

See also The Eliza Ross Collection.