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John McMurdo
John McMurdo (1743–1803) was a friend of Robert Burns who became the chamberlain to the Duke of Queensberry at Drumlanrig Castle where the poet was a frequent visitor. His eldest daughter Jean (1777-1839) was also a close friend of Burns, who wrote the song "''Bonie Jean''" in her honour. As an old Nithsdale family the McMurdos were related to the Sharpes of Hoddam, the Charteris of Amisfield, the Fergussons of Craigdarroch, Dr James Currie and the Duncans of Torthorwald amongst others. Life and character His father was Robert McMurdo of Drungans and his mother was Philadelphia Douglas. His father was the chamberlain to 'Old Q', the 4th Duke of Queensberry, William Douglas at Drumlanrig Castle to whom he was related as a distant cousin and John, although qualified as a lawyer, succeeded him in 1780, retiring in 1797. He married Jane Blair (1749-1836), daughter of David Blair, daughter of the Provost of Dumfries and the couple had seven sons and seven daughters. Jane died o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drumlanrig
Drumlanrig (Scottish Gaelic: ''Druim Lannraig'') is a settlement in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, which is best known for nearby Drumlanrig Castle. The earliest record for Drumlanrig is from 1384, spelled ''Drumlangryg''. There are a number of possible etymologies for the name. It may represent Cumbric Cumbric was a variety of the Common Brittonic language spoken during the Early Middle Ages in the ''Hen Ogledd'' or "Old North" in what is now the counties of Westmorland, Cumberland and northern Lancashire in Northern England and the souther ... ''drum'' 'ridge' + ''-lanerc'' 'small area of cleared woodland'. However, the first element may also be Gaelic ''druim '''ridge', either added to a Cumbric name or to Scots ''*lang-rigg'' 'long ridge'. References External linksOfficial website for the castle [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scots Musical Museum
The ''Scots Musical Museum'' was an influential collection of traditional folk music of Scotland published from 1787 to 1803. While it was not the first collection of Scottish folk songs and music, the six volumes with 100 songs in each collected many pieces, introduced new songs, and brought many of them into the classical music repertoire. The project started with James Johnson, a struggling music engraver / music seller, with a love of old Scots songs and a determination to preserve them. In the winter of 1786 he met Robert Burns who was visiting Edinburgh for the first time, and found that Burns shared this interest and would become an enthusiastic contributor. The first volume was published in 1787 and included three songs by Burns. He contributed 40 songs to volume 2, and would end up responsible for about a third of the 600 songs in the whole collection as well as making a considerable editorial contribution. The final volume was published in 1803 and contained the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poems, Chiefly In The Scottish Dialect (Second Edinburgh Edition)
''Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (Second Edinburgh Edition)'' was issued during the poet's lifetime ''In Two Volumes. The Second Edition Considerably Enlarged.'' It is a collection of poetry and songs by the poet Robert Burns, printed for T. Cadell, London, and W. Creech, Edinburgh. M,DCC,XCIII The date of publication for this edition was 16 February 1793 as advertised in the ''Edinburgh Courant''. The successful demand for the 1787 ''Edinburgh Edition'' seems to have encouraged Creech to publish this new edition as the 1787 volume had been sold out since around 1791. The Previous Editions and their contents Burns's first edition of Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect had been printed in Kilmarnock in 1786 and unofficial editions were published in Belfast and Dublin making the 1787 ''London Edition'' the fifth collected edition of his poems followed by others in 1788 in Philadelphia and New York. Around 3,250 copies of the first ''Edinburgh Edition'' were printed and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Merry Muses Of Caledonia
The Merry Muses of Caledonia is a collection of bawdy songs said to have been collected or written by Robert Burns, the 18th-century Scottish poet. Original text The poems and songs were collected for the private use of Robert Burns and his friends, including the Crochallan Fencibles, an 18th-century Edinburgh club, which met at the Anchor Close, a public house off the High Street. Robert Burns was introduced to the club by William Smellie, while setting the Edinburgh edition of Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (Edinburgh Edition) in his shop in the same close. The songs in the collection were intended to be performed in a "convivial" atmosphere. Discussion as to the provenance and compilation of the original text is ongoing. The original printer is unknown, but is agreed that it was first intended for the use of the Crochallan Fencibles. It has been suggested that the printer may have been Alexander Smellie, the son of Burns's friend and founder Crochallan Fencible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1793 Poems, Chiefly In The Scottish Dialect, Edinburgh
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John Syme (lawyer)
John Syme (1755 – 24 November 1831) was a Scottish lawyer and one of the poet Robert Burns's closest friends during his time in Dumfries. In the summers of 1793 and 1794 he joined Burns on his two short tours of Galloway. Syme and Alexander Cunningham were amongst the most active of the friends and admirers of Burns's works who raised funds for the poet's family and for his mausoleum with the assistance of others such as James Currie. Together with Dr Willam Maxwell he arranged Burns's funeral. Life and character He was the son of the Laird of Barncailzie in the old Kirkudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway. He was educated in Edinburgh and had served in the 72nd Regiment of Foot as an ensign for several years, however he left to manage his father's estate only for the family to be divested of their property to pay their debts following the collapse of the Douglas, Heron & Company Bank in Ayr Bank. He had carried out experiments in agricultural improvements at Barncailzie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Armour
Jean Armour (25 February 1765 – 26 March 1834), also known as the "Belle of Mauchline", was the wife of the poet Robert Burns. She inspired many of his poems and bore him nine children, three of whom survived into adulthood. Biography Born in Mauchline, Ayrshire in 1765, Armour was second oldest of the eleven children of stonemason James Armour (died 1798) and Mary Smith Armour. She met Robert Burns on a drying green in Mauchline around 1784 when she chased his dog away from her laundry. According to Armour's testimony in 1827, she met Burns again at a local dance. By the time Burns's first illegitimate child, Elizabeth "Bess" Burns (1785 – 1817), was born to Elizabeth Paton (1760 – c. 1799) on 22 May 1785, he and Jean Armour were in a relationship, and by the end of the year she was pregnant with his child. Her announcement, in March 1786, that she was expecting Robert Burns's baby caused her father to faint. The certificate of an informal marriage agreement between Burns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friars Carse
Friars' Carse is a mansion house and estate situated (NX 926 850) southeast of Auldgirth on the main road (A76) to Dumfries, Parish of Dunscore, Scotland. The property is located on the west bank of the River Nith and is known for its strong associations with Robert Burns who lived for a while at the nearby Ellisland farm. The mansion house is unlisted, however the stables and hermitage are Category B listed buildings. The house and policies The present mansion house hotel is of a baronial style in dressed red sandstone, constructed around an earlier house in 1873 by the architects Barbour and Bowie and extended by the same architects 1905 – 09. The principal (south-east) range has a complex wide faced frontage and incorporates a peculiar round tower with a rectangular second stage corbelled out above. An armorial panel dated 1598 was built into the entrance tower range in 1909. The house has a fine panelled entrance hall and snooker room, together with an elegant staircase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Whistle - A Ballad
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Whistle
A whistle is a single-note woodwind instrument, in the percussion section of the orchestra, and with many other applications in sport and other fields. Whistle may also refer to: Music * Whistle (band), a 1980s hip-hop band Songs * "Whistle" (Blackpink song), 2016 * "Whistle" (Flo Rida song), 2012 * "Whistle" (Jax Jones and Calum Scott song), 2023 * "Whistle" (Kylie Minogue and múm song), 2013 * " Whistle (While You Work It)", a 2015 song by British recording artist Katy Tiz Other *Whistle register, in singing, the highest register of the human voice * Whistling *Tin whistle or pennywhistle Literature * ''Whistle'' (novel), a 1978 novel by James Jones, the final volume in his World War II trilogy * ''Whistle!'', a 1998 manga by Daisuke Higuchi Film * ''The Whistle'' (film), a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer * ''Whistle'', a 2002 short film by Duncan Jones * ''Whistle'' (2003 film), a 2003 South Indian Tamil film * ''Whistle'' (2013 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Thomson (musician)
George Thomson (1757–1851), born at Limekilns, Fife, Scotland, was a noted collector of the music of Scotland, a music publisher, and a friend of Robert Burns. He was clerk to the board of trustees in Edinburgh for 60 years. His ''A Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs for the Voice'' came out in six volumes between 1793 and 1841, and included contributions from Burns, Walter Scott and Thomas Campbell. Thomson published folksong arrangements by Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Ignaz Pleyel, Leopold Kozeluch, Johann Nepomuk Hummel,J. Sachs. (1970). Hummel and George Thomson of Edinburgh. ''The Musical Quarterly'', 56(2): 270–287. Carl Maria von Weber, Henry Rowley Bishop, and Robert Archibald Smith. Early life His father was the schoolmaster at Limekilns, Dunfermline, and he had some legal training. In 1780 he gained a clerical appointment with the '' Board of Trustees for the Encouragement of Art and Manufactures in Scotland'' on the recommendation of John Home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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