Twenty-Five Scottish Songs, Opus 108 (Beethoven)

''25 Scottish Songs'' (or in full ''Twenty-five Scottish songs: for voice, mixed chorus, violin, violoncello and piano'') (Opus 108) was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. The work was published in London and Edinburgh in 1818, and in Berlin in 1822. It is the only set among Beethoven's folksong arrangements to be assigned an opus number; the rest are only given WoO numbers.

The names of the songs are:
# "Music, Love and Wine"; "O let me music hear, night and day!" 1817, words by William Smyth, folk song setting
# "Sunset"; "The sun upon the Weirdlaw Hill;" 1818, words by Sir Walter Scott, folk song setting
# "O sweet were the hours;" 1817, words by William Smyth, folk song setting
# "The Maid of Isla"; "O maid of Isla from yon cliff;" 1817, words by Sir Walter Scott, folk song setting
# "The sweetest lad was Jamie;" 1815, words by William Smyth, folk song setting
# "Dim, dim is my eye;" 1815, words by William Brown, folk song setting
# "Bonnie Laddie, Highland Laddie"; "Where got ye that siller moon" 1815, words by James Hogg, folk song setting
# "The lovely lass of Inverness;" 1816, words by Robert Burns, folk song setting
# "Behold, my Love"; "Behold my Love how green the groves;" 1817, words by Robert Burns, folk song setting
# Sympathy; "Why, Julia, say, that pensive mien?" 1815, words by William Smyth, folk song setting
# Oh, Thou Art the Lad of My Heart, Willy; 1815, words by William Smyth, folk song setting, variations on this air: Op 107 #9
# Oh, Had My Fate Been Join'd With Thine; 1816, words by Lord Byron, folk song setting
# Come Fill, Fill, My Good Fellow; 1817, words by William Smyth, folk song setting
# O How Can I Be Blithe; 1816, words by Robert Burns, folk song setting
# O Cruel was My Father; 1816, words by Alexander Ballantyne, folk song setting
# Could This Ill World Have Been Contriv'd; 1816, words by James Hogg, folk song setting
# O Mary at Thy Window Be, 1817; words by Robert Burns, folk song setting
# Enchantress, Farewell; 1818, words by Sir Walter Scott, folk song setting
# O Swiftly Glides the Bonny Boat; 1815, words by Joanna Baillie, folk song setting
# Faithfu' Johnie; "When will you come again;" 1815, words by Anne Grant, folk song settingFaithful Johnny
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# Jeanie's Distress; "By William late offended;" 1817, words by William Smyth, folk song setting
# The Highland Watch; "Old Scotia, wake thy mountain strain;" 1817, words by James Hogg, folk song setting for voice, chorus and piano trio
# The Shepherd's Song; "The gowan glitters on the sward;" 1818, words by Joanna Baillie, folk song setting
# Again, my Lyre, yet once again; 1815, words by William Smyth
# Sally in Our Alley; "Of all the girls that are so smart;" 1817, words by Henry Carey, folk song setting
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Beethoven manuscript: draft for the disposition of the Scottish songs op. 108, Autograph. From the Digital Archives of Beethoven-Haus, Bonn.
After the first edition, published in England in 1818, Beethoven prepared a German edition. On this manuscript we see Beethoven's reordering and renumbering of the songs for the German edition, published by Schlesinger in Berlin in 1822.
* - Program notes for a performance of a selection from the Twenty-Five Scottish Songs (Op. 108).
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Compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven
Scottish music