S4 E32 Robert Bremner Part 1: Vibratto, Church Music, Allan Ramsay and William McGibbon

Tunes: Bremner: Elgin, Aberdeen Or St. Paul’s, Grant’s Rant, The Carle Came over the Craft, Blue Britches, Miss Blair’s Reel, Mary Scott, Blue Britches, Cuzzle Together. McGibbon: She Rose and Let me in, Cumbernauld House, Bottom of the Punch Bowl Daniel Wright: She Rose and let me in Tune Order: Elgin… Aberdeen…Mary Scott…She Rose and Let me In….She Rose and Let me In…Cumbernauld House, Bottom of the Punch Bowl… Blue Britches, Oyster Wive’s Rant….The Carle Came o’er the Craft…Cuzzle Together… Miss Blair’s Reel Cover Art is a Receipt from Robert Bremner’s Shop in London courtesy of the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/1544287001 Most of my Written Sources: 1750s To Read Bremner’s Short Treatise on Music: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87722485 Robert Bremner, “Some Thoughts on the Performance of Concert Music” Early Music (Vol. 7, No. 1. 1979) pp. 48-57. I was quite thankful to use the Grove Music Online entries on William McGibbon and Robert Bremner, unfortunately I can only find links through my University Library, which will do you no good. Some good information from the Church of Scotland website on the Monymusk Revival: https://www.resourcingmission.org.uk/music/classical/landmarks-scottish-church-music-monymusk-revival The Newspaper Article I read from was Quoted in The Scots Magazine from April, 1755 Issue beginning on page 189. I found the relavent passage in the Google Books Edition on Page 341: https://books.google.com/books?id=_lwAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA341#v=onepage&q&f=false The Magazine talks about the issue at length, but I was directed to it from this Website: http://www.wgma.org.uk/Articles/NEScotland/article.htm 1750s Bremner’s The Grant’s Rant: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105002999 1750s Bremner’s Elgin: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87723589 1750s Bremner’s Aberdeen or St. Paul’s: (I found this setting after reading a much worse transcription, and I interpreted a note incorrectly, on 2 of the 3 parts, I did not go back to correct it….Robert Bremner would hate that his printed version was not even safe from change!) https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87723721 Pre 1762 Bremner and Ramsay’s Mary Scott: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/74516572 1720s. Daniel Wright, Aria Di Camera She Rose and Let me In: https://archive.org/details/AriaDiCamera1727/page/n36/mode/1up Pre 1762 She Rose and Let me In from McGibbon, Bremner’s setting: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105003571 Pre 1762 McGibbon’s setting of Cumbernauld House: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105869658 Pre 1762 McGibbon’s setting of Bottom of the Punch Bowl: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105869526 Bremner’s Blue Britches: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105003032 Bremner’s Oyster Wive’s Rant: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105003175 Bremner’s The Carle he Came O’er the Craft: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105002625 Bremner’s Cuzle Together: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105003230 Bremner’s Miss Blair’s Reel: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105002350 Please take advantage of the Tune Collection tab: https://www.wetootwaag.com/tunesources Also Please take a minute to leave a review of the podcast! Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677 Listen on Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QxzqrSm0pu6v8y8pLsv5j?si=QLiG0L1pT1eu7B5_FDmgGA