Twenty-Five Scottish Songs, Opus 108 (Beethoven)

Twenty-Five Scottish Songs (or in full Twenty-five Scottish songs: for voice, mixed chorus, violin, violoncello and piano) (Opus 108) was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...

. The work was published in London

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and Edinburgh

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in 1818, and in Berlin

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in 1822.

The names of the Twenty-Five Scottish Songs (Op. 108) are:

"Music, Love and Wine"; "O let me music hear, night and day!" 1817, words by William Smyth, folk song setting
"Sunset"; "The sun upon the Weirdlaw Hill;" 1818, words by Sir Walter Scott, folk song setting
"O sweet were the hours;" 1817, words by William Smyth, folk song setting
"The Maid of Isla"; "O maid of Isla from yon cliff;" 1817, words by Sir Walter Scott, folk song setting
"The sweetest lad was Jamie;" 1815, words by William Smyth, folk song setting
"Dim, dim is my eye;" 1815, words by William Brown, folk song setting
"Bonnie Laddie, Highland Laddie"; "Where got ye that siller moon" 1815, words by James Hogg, folk song setting
"The lovely lass of Inverness;" 1816, words by Robert Burns, folk song setting
"Behold, my Love"; "Behold my Love how green the groves;" 1817, words by Robert Burns, folk song setting
Sympathy; "Why, Julia, say, that pensive mien?" 1815, words by William Smyth, folk song setting
Oh, Thou Art the Lad of My Heart, Willy; 1815, words by William Smyth, folk song setting, variations on this air: Op 107 #9
Oh, Had My Fate Been Join'd With Thine; 1816, words by Lord Byron, folk song setting
Come Fill, Fill, My Good Fellow; 1817, words by William Smyth, folk song setting
O How Can I Be Blithe; 1816, words by Robert Burns, folk song setting
O Cruel was My Father; 1816, words by Alexander Ballantyne, folk song setting
Could This Ill World Have Been Contriv'd; 1816, words by James Hogg, folk song setting
O Mary at Thy Window Be, 1817; words by Robert Burns, folk song setting
Enchantress, Farewell; 1818, words by Sir Walter Scott, folk song setting
O Swiftly Glides the Bonny Boat; 1815, words by Joanna Baillie
Joanna Baillie
Joanna Baillie was a Scottish poet and dramatist. Baillie was very well known during her lifetime and, though a woman, intended her plays not for the closet but for the stage. Admired both for her literary powers and her sweetness of disposition, she hosted a brilliant literary society in her...

, folk song setting
Faithfu' Johnie; "When will you come again;" 1815, words by Anne Grant, folk song setting
Jeanie's Distress; "By William late offended;" 1817, folk song setting
The Highland Watch; "Old Scotia, wake thy mountain strain;" 1817, words by James Hogg, folk song setting for voice, chorus and piano trio
The Shepherd's Song; "The gowan glitters on the sward;" 1818, words by Joanna Baillie, folk song setting
Again, my Lyre, yet once again; 1815, words by William Smyth
Sally in Our Alley; "Of all the girls that are so smart;" 1817, words by Henry Carey, folk song setting

The names of the Twenty-Five Scottish Songs (Op. 108) in German are:

Musik, Liebe und Wein: Es schalle die Musik, Nacht and Tag!
Der Abend: Die Sonne sinkt ins Ettrick Thal
O köstliche Zeit: O kostliche Zeit
Das Islamädchen: O Islamagdlein, die du kuhn
Der schönste Bub: Der schönste Bub war Henny
Trub ist mein Auge: Trub, trub ist mein Auge wie
Frische Bursche, Hochlands Bursche: Wem den Silbermond ihr dankt
Die holde Maid von Inverness: Die holde Maid von Inverness kennt
Schau her, mein Lieb: Schau her, mein Lieb, der Walder Grun
Sympathie: Was, Julia sagt der Blick voll Gram
O du nur bist mein Herzensbub: O du nur bist mein Herzensbub
O hatte doch dies gold'ne Pfand: Ohatte doch dies gold'ne Pfand
Trinklied: Schenk ein, mein guter Junge, schenk hoch
O, wie kann ich wohl fröhlich sein: O, wie kann ich wohl fröhlich sein?
O, grausam war mein Vater: O, grausam war mein Vater
Wenn doch die ärge böse Welt: Wenn doch die ärge böse Welt
Mariechen, komm ans Fensterlein: Mariechen komm ans Fensterlein
O Zaub'rin, leb'wohl: Leb'wohl, o of the Zaub'rin
Wie gleitet schnell das leichte Boot: Wie gleitet schnell das leichte Boot
Der treue Johnie: O wann kehrst of the zuruck
Jeanie's Trübsal: Als William jungst mich schmahte
Die Hochlands Wache: Alt Schottland, wecke deiner Hohn
Des Schafers Lied: Die Masslieb glänzt auf grunem Grund
Noch einmal wecken Thränen: Noch einmal wecken Thränen bang
Das Baschen in unserm Strasschen: Von allen Mädchen glatt und schön

External links

Beethoven manuscript: draft for the disposition of the Scottish songs op. 108, Autograph. From the Digital Archives of Beethoven-Haus, Bonn. After the first edition, published in England in 1818, Beethoven prepared a German edition. On this manuscript we see Beethoven's reordering and renumbering of the songs for the German edition, published by Schlesinger in Berlin in 1822.

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