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Sechs Schottische National-Lieder
First line:
The moon had climb’d the highest hill
composer
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
No 1: written for Mary Shaw in November 1838; Nos 2-6: December 1838; published by Freidrich Kistner, with no mention of Mendelssohn's involvement, in February 1839

Copyright holder as reported by MCPS: Public Domain

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'Mendelssohn: Songs and Duets, Vol. 5' (CDA67753)
Mendelssohn: Songs and Duets, Vol. 5
Eugene Asti (piano)
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No 1: O dinna ask me
author of text
John Dunlop (1755-1820)

Hannah Morrison (soprano), Eugene Asti (piano)
Track 10 on CDA67753 CD1 [1'50] 2CDs for the price of 1
English
No 2: Mary's Dream  The moon had climb’d the highest hill
author of text
John Lowe (1750-1798)

James Rutherford (baritone), Eugene Asti (piano)
Track 11 on CDA67753 CD1 [5'25] 2CDs for the price of 1
English
No 3: We've a bonnie wee flower
author of text
Robert Gilfillan (1798-1850)

James Rutherford (baritone), Eugene Asti (piano)
Track 12 on CDA67753 CD1 [2'35] 2CDs for the price of 1
English
No 4: Saw ye Johnnie comin'
author of text
Anonymous

Hannah Morrison (soprano), James Rutherford (baritone), Eugene Asti (piano)
Track 13 on CDA67753 CD1 [2'53] 2CDs for the price of 1
English
No 5: The Flowers of the Forest  I’ve seen the smiling of fortune beguiling
author of text
Alison Cockburn (1712-1794)

Hannah Morrison (soprano), Eugene Asti (piano)
Track 14 on CDA67753 CD1 [2'53] 2CDs for the price of 1
English
No 6: The yellow-hair'd laddie  In April when primroses paint the sweet plain
author of text
Allan Ramsay (1686-1758)

Hannah Morrison (soprano), James Rutherford (baritone), Eugene Asti (piano)
Track 15 on CDA67753 CD1 [3'23] 2CDs for the price of 1
English

Sechs Schottische National-Lieder
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By Mendelssohn’s day, there was a venerable tradition of great composers arranging folk songs: Haydn did it, and so did Beethoven. Only days before his nephew Felix Dirichlet’s death of complications from measles on 17 November 1838, Mendelssohn provided the contralto Mary Shaw (1814–1876) with his arrangement of a familiar Scottish folksong, ‘O dinna ask me’ (it begins, appropriately enough, with a ‘Scotch snap’ rhythmic pattern). The audience loved it, and the publisher Friedrich Kistner then asked Mendelssohn for still more Scottish songs. Despite the family’s grief, Mendelssohn obliged in December with five more, the group of six songs published in February 1839 as Sechs schottische National-Lieder with no mention of Mendelssohn’s hand in the matter.

from notes by Susan Youens © 2010

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