Scottish Fantasy
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[[File:Die Gartenlaube (1881) b 557.jpg|thumb|The composer [[Max Bruch]] (portrait by [[Adolf Neumann]], 1881)]] |
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The '''''Scottish Fantasy''''' in E-flat minor ({{langx|de|Fantasie für die Violine mit Orchester und Harfe unter freier Benutzung schottischer Volksmelodien}}), Op. 46, is a composition for [[violin]] and [[orchestra]] by [[Max Bruch]].{{harvnb|Fitfield|2005}}{{Rp|164}} |
The '''''Scottish Fantasy''''' in E-flat minor ({{langx|de|Fantasie für die Violine mit Orchester und Harfe unter freier Benutzung schottischer Volksmelodien}}), Op. 46, is a composition for [[violin]] and [[orchestra]] by [[Max Bruch]].{{harvnb|Fitfield|2005}}{{Rp|164}} he [[virtuoso]] violinist [[Pablo de Sarasate]].{{Cite book |last=Fifield |first=Christopher |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J_6Yr7-M6ZkC&q=bruch+composer+biography |title=Max Bruch: His Life and Works |date=2005 |publisher=Boydell Press |isbn=978-1-84383-136-5 |language=en}} |
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It is a [[movement (music)|four-movement]] [[fantasia (music)|fantasy]] on [[Scottish folk melodies]]. The first movement is built on "Through the Wood Laddie".{{harvnb|Pine|2005}} This tune also appears at the end of the second and fourth movements. The second movement is built around " |
It is a [[movement (music)|four-movement]] [[fantasia (music)|fantasy]] on [[Scottish folk melodies]]. The first movement is built on "Through the Wood Laddie".{{harvnb|Pine|2005}} This tune also appears at the end of the second and fourth movements. The second movement is built around "Thhhe Dusty Miller", the third on "I'm A' Doun for Lack O' Johnnie", and the fourth movement includes a sprightly arrangement of "[[Hey Tuttie Tatie]]", the tune in the patriotic anthem "[[Scots Wha Hae]]" (with lyrics by [[Robert Burns]]). |
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Although Bruch visited Scotland for the first time only a year after the premiere of the work, he had access to a collection of Scottish music at [[Bavarian State Library|Munich Library]] in 1868. In paying homage to [[Scottish folk music|Scottish tradition]], the work gives a [[Music of Scotland#Harp|prominent place to the harp]] in the instrumental accompaniment to the violin. The ''Scottish Fantasy'' is one of several signature pieces by Bruch that is still widely heard today, along with his [[Violin Concerto No. 1 (Bruch)|first violin concerto]] and ''[[Kol Nidrei (Bruch)|Kol Nidrei]]'' for [[cello]] and orchestra. |
Although Bruch visited Scotland for the first time only a year after the premiere of the work, he had access to a collection of Scottish music at [[Bavarian State Library|Munich Library]] in 1868. In paying homage to [[Scottish folk music|Scottish tradition]], the work gives a [[Music of Scotland#Harp|prominent place to the harp]] in the instrumental accompaniment to the violin. The ''Scottish Fantasy'' is one of several signature pieces by Bruch that is still widely heard today, along with his [[Violin Concerto No. 1 (Bruch)|first violin concerto]] and ''[[Kol Nidrei (Bruch)|Kol Nidrei]]'' for [[cello]] and orchestra. |
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