Auld Lang Syne : A Song and its Culture / M. J. Grant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grant, M. J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--19th century.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Auld Lang Syne

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2021.

Summary:

"In Auld Lang Syne: A Song and its Culture, M. J. Grant explores the history of this iconic song, demonstrating how its association with ideas of fellowship, friendship and sociality has enabled it to become so significant for such a wide range of individuals and communities around the world. This engaging study traces different stages in the journey of Auld Lang Syne, from the precursors to the song made famous by Robert Burns to the traditions and rituals that emerged around the song in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including its use as a song of parting, and as a song of New Year. Grant's painstaking study investigates the origins of these varied traditions, and their impact on the transmission of the song right up to the present day. Grant uses Auld Lang Syne to explore the importance of songs and singing for group identity, arguing that it is the active practice of singing the song in group contexts that has made it so significant for so many. The book offers fascinating insights into the ways that Auld Lang Syne has been received, reused and remixed around the world, concluding with a chapter on more recent versions of the song back in Scotland. This highly original and accessible work will be of great interest to non-expert readers as well as scholars and students of musicology, cultural and social history, social anthropology and Scottish studies. The book contains a wealth of illustrations and includes links to many more, including manuscript sources. Audio examples are included for many of the musical examples. Grant's extensive bibliography will moreover ease future referencing of the many sources consulted."--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Introduction / Morag Josephine Grant

1. Elements of a Theory of Song / Morag Josephine Grant

2. Auld Lang Syne: Context and Genesis / Morag Josephine Grant

3. Burns's Song / Morag Josephine Grant

4. Auld Lang Syne in the Early Nineteenth Century / Morag Josephine Grant

5. The Song of Union / Morag Josephine Grant

6. The Song of Parting / Morag Josephine Grant

7. The Folk's Song / Morag Josephine Grant

8. The Song of New Year / Morag Josephine Grant

9. Take Leave, Brothers: The German Reception of Auld Lang Syne / Morag Josephine Grant

10. A Song Abroad / Morag Josephine Grant

11. Preliminary Conclusions: A Song and Its Culture / Morag Josephine Grant

12. Auld Acquaintance: Auld Lang Syne Comes Home / Morag Josephine Grant

Appendix 1. Eight Jacobite Songs Related to Auld Lang Syne / Morag Josephine Grant

Appendix 2. Burns's Auld Lang Syne-The Five Versions (B1-B5) / Morag Josephine Grant

Appendix 3. Seven Parodies and Contrafacta from The Universal Songster, vols. II-III (1829, 1834)

Appendix 4. Eight Nineteenth-Century German Translations / Morag Josephine Grant

Appendix 5. Four Versions in Je`rriais / Morag Josephine Grant

Bibliography

List of Illustrations

Audio Examples

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references.