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... melody were remarkable ; he could distinguish the subtlest variations be- tween different versions of the same tune and note what effect the slightest change had on its character . It is clear that Burns did not have a good singing ...
... melody were remarkable ; he could distinguish the subtlest variations be- tween different versions of the same tune and note what effect the slightest change had on its character . It is clear that Burns did not have a good singing ...
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... melody ( marked " Slow & tender " in the Museum ) for which he wrote what is now the best known of his several versions of " Ye Banks and Braes o ' Bonie Doon " ( he wrote other songs to this tune as well ) . Burns would never write ...
... melody ( marked " Slow & tender " in the Museum ) for which he wrote what is now the best known of his several versions of " Ye Banks and Braes o ' Bonie Doon " ( he wrote other songs to this tune as well ) . Burns would never write ...
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... melody . “ The Birks of Aberfeldy " ( described in Johnson's later printing of the Museum as having been " written for this work by R. Burns " ) is a more conventional effort , a product of one of his tours in 1787 ; but it is worth ...
... melody . “ The Birks of Aberfeldy " ( described in Johnson's later printing of the Museum as having been " written for this work by R. Burns " ) is a more conventional effort , a product of one of his tours in 1787 ; but it is worth ...
Contents
Preface V | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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