Percy Grainger
THE BRIDEGROOM GREETS
Bardic Edition BDE95
Scottish Folk-Ballad arranged for low voice and piano (realised by Barry Peter Ould).
Grainger’s setting of this Scottish Folk-Ballad dates from April 23, 1902 where it is categorised as being amongst his 'Early settings of Folksongs and Popular Tunes'. The work was originally scored for contralto voice accompanied by two violas and three violoncellos. The melody was collected and notated by Peter Buchan of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire and included in his Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland (1828) and the particular version of the text used by Grainger is shorter and quite different from the other texts for this ballad.
This song relates the curious story of a troubled bridegroom who, unable to consummate his marriage on his wedding night, enlists help from a certain John Gray. The word 'greets' in this song is the Scots word which means 'to cry'.
Duration 1½ minutes
Grainger’s setting of this Scottish Folk-Ballad dates from April 23, 1902 where it is categorised as being amongst his 'Early settings of Folksongs and Popular Tunes'. The work was originally scored for contralto voice accompanied by two violas and three violoncellos. The melody was collected and notated by Peter Buchan of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire and included in his Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland (1828) and the particular version of the text used by Grainger is shorter and quite different from the other texts for this ballad.
This song relates the curious story of a troubled bridegroom who, unable to consummate his marriage on his wedding night, enlists help from a certain John Gray. The word 'greets' in this song is the Scots word which means 'to cry'.
Duration 1½ minutes
