The Lovely Lass of Inverness is a wonderful setting of Robert Burns\' words, and it tells of a girl\'s anguish, after she lost her father, 3 brothers and her lover in the Battle of Culloden. It can be performed without the Trumpet and Trombone if necessary, without altering the character of the music.
A perfect song for Burns Night which is 25th January.
This song is a product of Beethoven\'s great interest in folk songs, and his collaboration with a Scottish publisher, George Thompson. The were huge problems in sending the completed compositions from Vienna to Edinburgh during the Napoleonic Wars, and the first batch took 2 years to arrive.
Duration: about 2 minutes, 30 seconds.
Prepared by Anne L. Christopherson at www.music-scores.com.