Late Summer in the Hebrides: Alexander Campbell's Song Collecting for Albyn's Anthology

Activity: External performance, talk or presentation › Talk for a mainly academic audience (e.g. at an academic conference)

Description

Describing Alexander Campbell's background, his motives and those who helped him in his 3-month (essentially ethnomusicological) trip round the Hebrides in 1815 to compile his anthology. Examining his strengths, but also the flaws in his song settings, by the standards of his times.
Period17 Nov 2020
Held atUniversity of Glasgow Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies, United Kingdom
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • Song-collecting
  • Highlands and Islands
  • Hebrides
  • Alexander Campbell
  • Albyn's Anthology

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