David Johnson Music Editions
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Scottish Enlightenment Books and Recordings
Music and Society in Lowland Scotland in the Eighteenth Century. This classic study
was first published in 1972. It describes Scotland in the eighteenth century, a
period when music, both folk and classical, flourished. The book explores the
complex relationship between these two main strands of Scottish culture. 2nd
edition with updated preface. Published by Mercat Press, Edinburgh, 2003.
Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century. A collection and historical survey of one
hundred years of hitherto unknown Scots fiddle music, leading up to the work of
the great Perthshire maestro Niel Gow. 3rd edition with update preface. Mercat
Press, Edinburgh, 2005.
Fiddle Pibroch and Other Fancies
The McGibbon Ensemble
18th-century sonatas by McLean, McGibbon, Reid,
anonymous variation sets, violin pibrochs, tunes from the
Brown MS. Recorded in 1989 in St. Cecilia’s Hall,
Edinburgh. Cassette.
The Art of Robert Burns, More Art of Robert Burns
The Musicians of Edinburgh
Two CDs exploring Burns’ songs in authentic Scottish settings and texts.
Scotstown, Edinburgh and USA, 2003, 2005.
Twelve Preludes and Fugues for Piano
Performed by Ian Hobson. Zephyr Productions, USA, 1998.
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Enlightenment Edinburgh Series
A series of chamber and orchestral works composed in, or closely associated with,
Edinburgh in the 18th century. Most titles are first modern editions;
many are technically easy and suitable for amateurs, students, and school pupils.
Of special interest for young players are the violin sonata by Clerk of Penicuik,
Corelli’s Scottish pupil (Grade 4-5); the Sonata of Scots Tunes by Oswald –
five popular tunes arranged as a Baroque suite (Grade 4-5);
and the Sonata in G by McGibbon (Grade 5), which can be played
either as a trio sonata or by a full band.
For more advanced players, the quartets by the Earl of Kelly
(A major, B flat major, C minor) are recommended; these were discovered
recently in a manuscript from Kilravock Castle, Inverness-shire.
Besides native Scots, the series features three composers who were incomers
to Edinburgh – Schetky (German), Barsanti (Italian), and Mahon (English).
All three settled in the city and made it their home:
Mahon’s clarinet concerto introduces Scots airs in its slow movement.
Chamber music
JOHN CLERK OF PENICUIK
(1676-1755)
SONATA IN G
violin, opt cello, hpsd
Composed c.1702 6’
EARL OF KELLY
(1732-81)
TRIO SONATA IN F {Kilravock MS, no.4]
2 violins, cello, hpsd
Composed c.1767 12’
TRIO SONATA IN C [1769 set, no.4]
2 violins (or flute/oboe and vn), cello, hpsd
Composed c.1768 8½’
J. G. C. SCHETKY
(1737-1824)
DUO SONATA IN E FLAT [op.2 no.1]
violin, cello
First published 1774 7’
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Chamber / Orchestral
WILLIAM McGIBBON
(1696-1756)
SONATA IN G [“In imitation of Corelli”]
Open scoring: str, opt fls, obs, bsns,
1 or 2 continuo, opt soloists
First published 1734 7’
JAMES OSWALD
(1710-69)
A SONATA OF SCOTS TUNES
String quartet or str ensemble,
opt solo vn and vc, hpsd
First published 1740 11’
EARL OF KELLY
QUARTET IN B FLAT [Kilravock MS, no.3]
String quartet or str ensemble, opt hpsd
Composed c.1763 10’
QUARTET IN C MINOR [Kilravock MS, no.8]
String quartet or str ensemble, opt hpsd
Composed c.1767 17’
QUARTET IN A [Kilravock MS, no.9]
String quartet or str ensemble, opt hpsd
Composed c.1767 13’
J. C. G. SCHETKY
QUARTET IN G MINOR [op.6 no.2]
String quartet or str ensemble, opt hpsd
First published 1777 13’
Orchestral music
FRANCESCO BARSANTI
(c.1690-1772)
CONCERTO GROSSO IN F [op.3 no.2]
2 hns, timp, str, hpsd
First published 1742 13’
CONCERTO GROSSO IN D [op.3 no.9]
2 obs, tpt in D, timp, str, hpsd
First published 1742 10’
EARL OF KELLY
SYMPHONY IN D [Overture, op.1 no.1]
2 obs (or 2 fls), 2 hns, opt timp, str, hpsd
First published 1761 13’
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SYMPHONY IN C [Overture, op.1 no.2]
2 obs, 2 hns, str, hpsd
First published 1761 12’
SYMPHONY IN B FLAT [Overture, The Maid of
the Mill]
2 obs, bsn, 2 hns, str, hpsd
First published 1765 9½’
JOHN MAHON
(1746-1834)
CLARINET CONCERTO IN F
Solo clarinet (or other soloist), concertante
vn 1, vn 2, vc and hpsd, 2 hns, str
Composed c.1774 19’
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Series editor David Johnson
Co-editors Edna Arthur, Helen Goodwill
Editorial advisers Jeremy Barlow, Peter Holman
Scottish String Series
The Scots Cello Book (Books 1 and 2)
48 tunes for 1, 2 and 4 cellos
including Soldier’s joy, Caller Herring, psalm tunes,
Auld lang syne, studies in harmonics, Taladh Chriosta,
Scottish waltzes, Three craws sat upon a wa’
Book 1 Grade 3-5, Book 2 Grade 5-8
Stepping Northward
24 tunes for violin / cello duo
including Staten Island, The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry,
White Cockade, Tail toddle, The train journey north,
variations on There’s nae luck about the house
Grade 4-6
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Scots on the Fiddle (Books 1 and 2)
40 tunes for violin solo, violin and piano, and 4 violins
including Johnnie Faa, Scotland the brave, minuets,
Skinner’s Cradle Song, psalms, The four-poster bed,
Shetland tunes, pibrochs, tunes in scordatura
Book 1 Grade 2-4, Book 2 Grade 5-7
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Compositions
Chamber Music
Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano 19’
Sonata for Cello and Piano 18’
Sonata for Violin and Piano 16’
Sonata in One Movement, for violin and piano 6’
Variations on ‘Ca’ the Yowes’, after the song by Robert Burns, for violin and
piano 3’
Serenade, recorder, viola, horn, guitar 8’
Gigue for recorder and harpsichord 2’
Trio for Recorders [Forsyth, 1978] 8’
Sonata for Bassoon and Piano 10’
Summer Study, flute, clarinet, viola, cello 3’
Sonata for Trumpet and Piano 11’
Solo Instrumental
Piobaireachd, recorder [Forsyth, 1993] 8’
Shandon Blues, clarinet 6’
Suite No. 1 for Solo Cello 10’
Suite No. 2 for Solo Cello 17’
Piano
12 Preludes and Fugues 65’
Brass
Serenade for 4 Trumpets 12’
Dunfermline Suite after airs by James Oswald, 4 trumpets, horn, 4 trombones,
tuba, percussion 11’
Choral
Five English Nursery Rhymes, choir or SATB quartet 6’
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The Mortal Memory: A Portrait of Robert Burns, cantata, chorus, baritone,
orchestra 31’
Carol, Now is Christmas Y-Come, unison voices (and optional soloists),
recorder, tambourine [Novello 1970] 4’
Three Rounds:
There is no Rose of Such Virtue (Christmas), a 6 2’
My Saull and Lyfe (Christmas), a 4 2’
Portobello Rock (secular), a 4 2’
Psalm 12, choir (and optional SATB quartet), organ 5’
Two Hymns (words by Mary Macdonald) [Galliard, 1969]
Jerusalem 3’
Benedicite 3’
Dinosaurs in Towns: A Report, SATB quartet 8’
Solo Vocal
God, Man and the Animals (words composer after the German folk-tale Die
Lebendauer), soprano, recorder, cello, harpsichord 16’
Five Songs for Soprano and Clarinet 9’
Five Chinese Songs, soprano, C trumpet 6’
Seven MacDairmid Songs, soprano, trumpet, piano 11’
Nocturne (Wordsworth), baritone, guitar 3’
Full Moon (Victoria Saville-West), soprano 2’
Journey of the Magi, canticle after T.S. Eliot, soprano, alto flute, trumpet, cello,
harp, percussion 9’
Sonnet (E.E. Cummings), soprano, flute, trumpet, cello, harpsichord, 2
percussion 5’
The Party Goer’s Notebook (words composer), soprano, bass clarinet,
percussion 5’
Orchestral
Scottish Dances 15’
(A suite based on Scots fiddle tunes from the Gillespie manuscript, written in
Perth in 1768)
Concerto da Camera 9’
Little Concerto 9’
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra 14’
Dawn Call 4’
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(This single movement concertante piece was written for the trumpet virtuoso
John Wallace, who premiered it in Durham Cathedral in the north of England in
1992)
Guess Who I Met Last Night?: Concertante Variations on a Song by Allan
Ramsay (for two primary school ensembles and orchestra) 11’
Stage Works
Thomas the Rhymer
4-act opera (libretto composer, after the Scottish Border ballad collected by Sir
Walter Scott), 9 singers, 13-piece orchestra 82’
Building the City
1-act secondary school opera (libretto composer), chorus, 7 small solo roles,
onstage fiddlers, 4-piece orchestra 45’
The Cow, the Witch and the Schoolmaster
1-act opera (libretto composer, after a 16th century Scottish witchcraft tale), 6
singers, 8-piece orchestra 38’
All There Was Between Them
1-act opera (libretto Jack Ronder), 6 singers, onstage guitarist, 7-piece orchestra
26’
The Musicians of Bremen
Music-theatre piece (libretto composer, after the German folk tale), SATB vocal
quartet 11’
Educational
Hymn to St. Catherine of Siena, primary school orchestra 5’
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