solo-folk-div-en

The Flemish folk song Ik zag Cecilia komen is recorded in Chants Populaires des Flamands de France, collected and published by the jurist/musicologist Edmond De Coussemaker (1805 – 1876). The song itself is already mentioned in 1652. The song gives voice to the flourishing love between Cecilia and the shepherd Floriaan. The guitarist JM van […]

A long time ago I bought a booklet of simple arrangements of Christmas carols on sale. We even used to have two shops in Hengelo that sold sheet music, but that is long long ago. Peter Gerits was the arranger of the bundle of 12 carols. He kept the complexity of the music neatly within

The Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759 – 1796) collected and edited the lyrics of My Love is like a red red Rose. It was already a folk song in its time, but his involvement made it known. Pietro Urbani (1749 – 1816) was the first to set the song to music at the end of

This Scottish folk song is also known as The Berryfields of Blair. A happy song about picking berries. During the picking season, many people from all over Scotland flock to the fields of Blair, a town in the Scottish district of Perth and Kinross. Which gives rise to socializing and a joyful visit to the