Alicia Ann Spottiswoode) (24 June 1810 - 12 March 1900)
Alicia Ann Spottiswoode (24 June 1810 - 12 March 1900) was a Scottish songwriter.
Life[]
Youth[]
Scott was born and died at Spottiswoode, Scottish Borders, in the former Berwickshire.[1] She was the oldest daughter of John Spottiswoode of Berwickshire and Helen (Wauchope) of Niddrie-Mains.[2]
Marriage and career[]
Alicia Ann Spottiswoode
On 16 March 1836 she married Lord John Douglas Scott (died 1860), a younger son of Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch, and consequently is alternatively known by her courtesy title of Lady John Scott.[2]
She was the writer of a number of Scottish songs characterised by true poetic feeling. Among them may be mentioned "Annie Laurie," "Douglas," and "Durrisdeer." She also composed the music for them.[3]
Lady Scott was a champion of traditional Scots language, history and culture, her motto being "Haud [hold] fast by the past".[4]
Writing[]
The tune, "Annie Laurie", to which the words of a 17th-century poet, William Douglas, were set, was published in 1838.
In February 1890 Lady John Scott[5] (née Alicia Ann Spottiswoode) wrote to the editor of the Dumfries Standard, claiming that she had composed the tune and had written most of the modern words. She said that around 1834-5 she encountered the words in collection of the Songs of Scotland (1825) by Allan Cunningham in a library. She adapted the music she had composed for another old Scottish poem, Kempye Kaye. She also amended the 1st verse slightly, the 2nd verse greatly, which she thought was unsuitable, and wrote a new 3rd verse. In the 1850s Lady John published the song with some other songs of hers for the benefit of the widows and orphans of the soldiers killed in the Crimean War. The song became popular and was closely associated with Jenny Lind.[6]
Songs[]
- Annie Laurie
- Katherine Logie
- Lammermoor
- Shame on Ye, Gallants!
- Etterick
- Your Voices Are Not Hush'd
- The Foul Fords
- Duris-Deer
- "Think On Me"
- "Within the Garden of My Heart"
Publications[]
“Annie Laurie” 179 Stella Grand 17 1⁄4 Inches
Poetry[]
- Songs and Verses. Edinburgh: Douglas, 1904; revised & enlarged, 1911.[7]
See also[]
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References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ Rogers, Charles (1882). The Scottish Minstrel: the songs of Scotland subsequent to Burns. p. 447. https://books.google.com/books?id=SWwlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA447#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Preface by Margaret Warrender (March 1904) in Songs and Verses by Lady Jane Scott, Edinburgh: David Douglas, i–lxiv
- ↑ John William Cousin, "Scott, Lsdy John," A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London: Dent / New York: Dutton, 1910, 328. Wikisource, Web, Feb. 25, 2018.
- ↑ "Lady John Scott". Scottish Poetry Library. http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/lady-john-scott.
- ↑ "Lady John Scott". Scottish Poetry Library. http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/lady-john-scott.
- ↑ "Annie Laurie," Wikipedia, April 21, 2022. Web, Jun. 26, 2022.
- ↑ Search results = au:Alicia Anne Spottiswoode, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Jun. 26, 2022.
External links[]
- Poems
- Books
- Alicia Anne Spottiswoode Scott at Amazon.com
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