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SUMMARY:Dr Fred Freeman\, Hon. Fellow in English at the University of Edinburgh - 'A fiddler and a poet' : Songs of Robert Burns
DESCRIPTION:‰Û÷I am a fiddler and a poet’ : Robert Burns as a song-writer \nThis illustrated talk is designed to introduce a wholly unknown Robert Burns to the general public.  For over 200 years Burns has been misrepresented as Scotland’s national ‰Û÷poet’\, yet he was primarily a song-writer\, composing upwards of 400 songs. \nMost of the songs have been lying in abeyance since 1796 though they are of a quality which should easily have established Burns as one of the greatest song-writers of the 18th-century.  The presentation considers why this did not happen as it explores the activities of George Thomson\, Burns’s second editor\, in commissioning Viennese/German composers – Pleyel\, Kozeluch\, van Weber\, Hummel\, Haydn\, Beethoven\, etc. – to recast Burns’s folk composition into an alien classical mould which put paid to it\, almost irrevocably.    Much of the approach considers Burns’s background as a fiddler and folk musician\, quite generally; his innovative use of folk dance/instrumental forms (strathspeys\, reels\, jigs\, slip jigs\, hornpipes); his curious method of composition – always from the tune to the words; his seminal theory of ‰Û÷ballad simplicity’ which relates to language\, form\, rhythm\, tonality and more. \nThe lecture is both informative and entertaining\, with numerous musical examples played throughout the presentation – drawn from Freeman’s THE COMPLETE SONGS OF ROBERT BURNS (12 vols\, Linn Records 1996-2003). \nBiography of Dr Fred Freeman \nSometime Fellow in English at University of Edinburgh\, I am a graduate of Aberdeen and Edinburgh universities (Ph.D. Edinburgh).  I have taught Scottish literature at The School of Scottish Studies and in the English Department of Edinburgh; held postdoctoral posts (several times over) at The Advanced Studies Institute\, The School of Scottish Studies\, the English Department\, University  of Edinburgh.  I had a postdoctoral appointment at St Antony’s College\, University of Oxford for two years in the late ‰Û÷80s\, concentrating on ethnic minority writers in Scotland. \nI am author of a book on the 18th-century Edinburgh poet\, Robert Fergusson (EUP 1984) and a children’s book on the Paisley poet\, Robert Tannahill (2009); have published over 100 articles on Scottish literature\, folk music and history.  I am on the official Live Literature Scotland authors’ list for grants. \n Over the past decade I have drawn upon my extensive musical background\, producing over 42 (internationally acclaimed) CDs – amongst them: “THE COMPLETE SONGS OF ROBERT BURNS” (13 Cds\, 12 vols\, Linn Records 1996-2003); (for Scottish Borders Region) “BORDERS FIDDLES”\, “BORDERS SANGSTERS”\, “BORDERS BOXES”\, “BORDERS PIPES”; “BORDERS YOUNG PIPERS” (1999-2012); “A’THE BAIRNS O’ ADAM – A TRIBUTE TO HAMISH HENDERSON” (Greentrax 2004);  “A’ ADAM’S BAIRNS” National Library of Scotland\, 2008); numerous solo CDs – “YONT THE TAY” (Jim Reid) which won BBC’s ‰Û÷Best Singer of the Year 2005′; “THE COMPLETE SONGS OF ROBERT TANNAHILL” – Vols I\, II & III (with 2 vols still to come). \nfwfreeman@talk21.com
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