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Thread #76506 Message #1359417
Posted By: Dunlace
17-Dec-04 - 03:29 AM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Sir Walter Scott tune query
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Sir Walter Scott tune query
I found out a little bit about Dr Clarke.
John Clarke MUSD (later Clarke Whitfeld) 1794 - 1797 set some of Scott's poetry to music. And his song "Bird of the Wilderness," written to a poem by James Hogg, the "Ettrick Shepherd" was a hit.