Robert Burns & Henry Bishop 'The Jolly Beggars' or 'Love and Liberty'

Robert Burns & Henry Bishop 'The Jolly Beggars' or 'Love and Liberty'

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Date: Wednesday 12 October 2016
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Venue: University Memorial Chapel, The Square, off University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ
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In 1818 the Scottish song editor, George Thomson, published Robert Burns's cantata 'The Jolly Beggars' or 'Love and Liberty' for the first time with musical notation. Thomson made a few changes to Burns's original and commissioned the famous London theatre composer, Sir Henry Bishop, to provide a new musical score. This is a chance to experience Burns's rowdy masterpiece as it was first heard in the 1810s. The concert is part of Glasgow University's current AHRC-funded 'Editing Robert Burns for the 21st century' project. Centre for Robert Burns Studies: http://burnsc21.glasgow.ac.uk/

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