Provides a broader literary and musical context to Hogg s reception as a songwriterWhen James Hogg published what was to be his final collection of songs Songs by the Ettrick Shepherd 1831 he set out to present his public with a pocket volume of his best and most popular songs It contained 113 songs spanning the whole of Hogg s career as shepherd and professional writer from his first song Donald MacDonald created around 1803 to songs which had only just appeared in print Hogg chose to write his own little notices or headnotes to each of the songs providing information about the creation and several humorous anecdotes about performances of these songs He also used these introductory notes to advertise the whereabouts of his songs within larger musical collections and in printed song sheets which had appeared the length and breadth of the British Isles In so doing Hogg was able to stake his claim as Scotland s most important songwriter since Robert Burns For the first time since their initial publication in the early decades of the nineteeth century Hogg s Contributions to Musical Collections and Miscellaneous Songs presents Hogg s songs in facsimile Designed to be used in collaboration with the new edition of Songs by the Ettrick Shepherd this volume will open up the world of Hogg s songs for readers providing for the very first time the full textual and musical contexts of these songs as Hogg s public would have known and enjoyed them Information about Hogg s involvement with a wide range of composers and music publishers in addition to the affiliation of his songs with several leading singers of his day are given in the accompanying introductory and editorial notes

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