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for the first time, and found that Burns shared this interest and would become an enthusiastic contributor. The first volume was published in 1787 and included three songs by Burns. He contributed 40 songs to volume 2, and would end up responsible for about a third of the 600 songs in the whole
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The 'Museum' was issued totally uncut, in plain boards and without any lettering. The earliest version of the title-page does not have a border around the vignette. Later versions have a border and a thistle design is present at the top and bottom.
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The earliest issues of the ‘Museum’ did not identify the songs that were by Burns as in 1787 his fame had yet to imbed itself, however in later issues his name was appended to his contributions in the index and the text often had the declaration
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As well as collecting old songs, Burns wrote new words to old tunes, and many of the songs now attributed to Burns have older roots. Songs in the collection include
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collection as well as making a considerable editorial contribution. The final volume was published in 1803 and contained the first printing of
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and music, the six volumes with 100 songs in each collected many pieces, introduced new songs, and brought many of them into the
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The collection became popular internationally, and songs and tunes were arranged by composers such as
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published from 1787 to 1803. While it was not the first collection of Scottish
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songs and a determination to preserve them. In the winter of 1786 he met
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Index


music of Scotland
folk songs
classical music
James Johnson
Scots
Robert Burns
Edinburgh
Handsome Nell
Auld Lang Syne
Lord Randal
My love is like a Red, Red Rose
The Battle of Sherramuir
Scots Wha Hae
Green Grow the Rashes
Flow Gently Sweet Afton
Ye Banks and Braes of Bonnie Doon
Ae Fond Kiss
The Winter it is Past
Comin' Thro the Rye
There Grows a Bonnie Brier Bush
John Anderson, My Jo

Joseph Haydn
Ludwig van Beethoven
George Thomson
John Gribbel
Robert Burns's Interleaved Scots Musical Museum
"The Scottish Minstrel: The Songs of Scotland Subsequent to Burns, with Memoirs of the Poets"
Burns Chronicle XXIII January 1914

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