Prose & SongCorrespondence & Poetry

Editing Robert Burns for the 21st Century

An AHRC-funded Project to produce a multi-volume edition of the Works of Robert Burns

Urtext Edition of Johann Nepomuk Hummel’s Scottish Songs for George Thomson

Edited by Marjorie Rycroft

This online edition provides readers of Kirsteen McCue’s Robert Burns’s Songs for George Thomson (The Oxford Edition of the Works of Robert Burns, Vol IV, OUP, Oxford, 2021) with the opportunity to explore the Scottish Airs that George Thomson commissioned from Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837). It complements the publication of previous Urtext editions (ed. Rycroft) of Thomson’s Scottish Airs arranged by Ignaz Pleyel (Scottish Songs, 2 vols, Doblinger Diletto Musicale, DM 1414 & DM 1415, Vienna, 2007), Leopold Koželuch (https://burnsc21.glasgow.ac.uk/kozeluch-edition/, 2022), Joseph Haydn (Joseph Haydn Werke, XXXII/3 & XXXII/4, Henle Verlag, Munich, 2001 & 2004) and Carl Maria von Weber (Carl Maria von Weber Sämtliche Werke, VIII/12, Schott, Mainz, 2012).

Contents
  1. Introduction
  2. List of Songs
  3. Sources
  4. Critical Commentary
  5. Correspondence
  6. Facsimile of Hummel’s Six Schottische Melodien (GB-Lbl Add MS 32189 fol. 108r)

Press on a Hummel Edition number to open a PDF of the corresponding music score. Please note that the ST No. listed on the table is the number of the same song in the new Oxford edition of Robert Burns’s songs for George Thomson (specifics of each Burns song can be located there). Press on a column heading to order the table by the column; press a second time to reverse the order.

Hummel Edition Thomson No. ST No. Air Song Title First Line Poet
1 SCOSA (5b), 231 Jock o’ Hazledean Why weep ye by the tide Ladye Why weep ye by the tide Ladye Scott
1 SCOSA (5b), 231 Jock o’ Hazledean The Emigrant’s farewell Our native land, our native vale Pringle
2 SCOSA (5b),232 138 Somebody For the sake of somebody My heart is sair, I darena tell Burns
3 SCOSA (5b), 230 I saw thee weep I saw thee weep I saw thee weep, the big bright tear Byron
3 SCOSA (5b), 230 70 I saw thee weep Farewell, dear mistress of my soul Farewell, dear mistress of my soul Burns
3 SCOSA (5b), 230 I saw thee weep I have a silent sorrow here I have a silent sorrow here Sheridan
4 SCOSA (5b), 233 Lord Ullin’s daughter Lord Ullin’s daughter A Chieftain to the Highlands bound Campbell
5 SCOSA (5b), 248 O gin ye were dead, gudeman At ev’n when on each heather bell At ev’n when on each heather bell Tytler
5 SCOSA (5b), 248 O gin ye were dead, gudeman A wish Mine be a cot beside the hill Rogers
6 SCOSA (5c), 249 The dusty miller When the stream is flowing When the stream is flowing Smyth
7 unpublished 25 Bonny Dundee True hearted was he the sad swain of the Yarrow True hearted was he the sad swain of the Yarrow Burns
8 SCOSA (1h), 27 9 The flowers of Edinburgh Here is the glen Here is the glen, and here the bower Burns
8 SCOSA (1h), 27 The flowers of Edinburgh May-morn The sun in virgin lustre shone [unascribed]
9 SCOSA (5c), 222 Eskmount I know not why that gentle voice I know not why that gentle voice Tytler
10 unpublished 11 O Jean I love thee O were I on Parnassus hill O were I on Parnassus hill Burns
11a unpublished 94 Sunset Again rejoicing Nature sees Again rejoicing Nature sees Burns
11b SCOSA (5c), 215 Sunset The sun upon the Weirdlaw hill The sun upon the Weirdlaw hill Scott
11b SCOSA (5c), 215 147 Sunset The Banks of Nith The Thames flows proudly to the sea Burns
12 unpublished Halloween Poor flutt’ring heart Poor flutt’ring heart Thomson
13a unpublished Pibroch of Donuil Dhu Pibroch of Donuil Dhu Pibroch of Donuil Dhu Scott
13b SCOSA (5c), 242 Pibroch of Donuil Dhu Pibroch of Donuil Dhu Pibroch of Donuil Dhu Scott
14a unpublished The maid forsaken The blossom that silvered the tree The blossom that silvered the tree Smyth
14b SCOSA (2g), 88 The maid forsaken The blossom that silvered the tree The blossom that silvered the tree Smyth
15 SCOSA (2g), 98-99 Bonny Prince Charlie Came ye by Athol Cam’ ye by Athole Vedder
16a unpublished Evening The sun upon the Weirdlaw hill The sun upon the Weirdlaw hill Scott
16b SCOSA (5c), 204 Evening Farewell! If ever fondest love Farewell! If ever fondest love Byron
16c unpublished Evening (Appendix)
17a unpublished The braes of Balquhidder Will ye go, Lassie Will ye go, Lassie, go Tannahill
17b SCOSA (2g), 97 The braes of Balquhidder Now the beams of May morn Now the beams of May-morn Vedder
18 SCOSA (1i), 3rd 50 143 The smiling Spring The smiling Spring comes in rejoicing The smiling Spring comes in rejoicing Burns
19 SCOSA (1i), 2nd 50 13 Craigieburn wood Sweet fa’s the eve on Craigieburn Sweet fa’s the eve on Craigieburn Burns
20 SCOSA (4h), 176 What ails this heart of mine What ails this heart of mine What ails this heart of mine Blamire