Robert Burns

Alias: Rabbie Burns

Life

Born: 25 January 1759

Died: 21 July 1796

Biography

Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist, known as the Ploughman Poet or the Bard of Ayrshire. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is also in English and a 'light' Scots dialect, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland. He also wrote in standard English, and in these pieces, his political or civil commentary is often at its most blunt.

He is regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic movement and after his death became a great source of inspiration to the founders of both liberalism and socialism. A cultural icon in Scotland and among the Scottish Diaspora around the world, celebration of his life and work became almost a national charismatic cult during the 19th and 20th centuries, and his influence has long been strong on Scottish literature.

As well as making original compositions, Burns also collected folk songs from across Scotland, often revising or adapting them. His poem (and song) Auld Lang Syne is often sung at Hogmanay (the last day of the year), and Scots Wha Hae served for a long time as an unofficial national anthem of the country. Other poems and songs of Burns that remain well-known across the world today, include A Red, Red Rose, A Man's A Man for A' That, To a Louse, To a Mouse, The Battle of Sherramuir, Tam o' Shanter and Ae Fond Kiss.

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Settings of text by Robert Burns

• A man's a man for a' that (John Brown)
• Ae fond kiss (Francis Melville)
• Afton Water (Chris Hutchings)
• Afton Water (Francis Melville)
• Die alte gute Zeit, Op. 55, No. 4 (Robert Schumann)
• Auld lang syne (Traditional)
• The banks of Doon (Angelina Figus)
• Birks of Aberfeldy (Harriett Abrams)
• Bonie Bell (Arthur Berridge)
• Bonnie wee thing (Franklin Sievright Peterson)
• Braw, braw lads (Henry A. Lambeth)
• Bänkelsänger Willie, op. 146 no. 2 (Robert Schumann)
• Ca' the yowes (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
• Charming Chloe (Ethel Mary Boyce)
• Duncan Gray (Chris Hutchings)
• Farewell to the Highlands (Joachim Kelecom)
• Farewell to the Highlands (Tim Porter)
• Flow gently, sweet Afton (Jonathan E. Spilman)
• Gae bring tae me a pint o' wine (Francis Melville)
• Hochlandbursch, Op. 55 No. 5 (Robert Schumann)
• I love my Jean (George J. Bennett)
• I love my Jean (George John Bennett)
• I love my Jean (Henry Elliot Button)
• John Anderson (Francis Melville)
• John Anderson, Op. 145 No. 4 (Robert Schumann)
• John Anderson, Op. 67, No. 5 (Robert Schumann)
• 5 Lieder nach Robert Burns, Op. 55 (Robert Schumann)
• Long, long the Night (Daniel Gregory Mason)
• Low in yon vale (John Clarke-Whitfeld)
• Mary Morison (George J. Bennett)
• Mich zieht es nach dem Dörfchen hin, Op. 55, No. 3 (Robert Schumann)
• My Heart is sair (Henry Elliot Button)
• My love is like a red red rose (Angelina Figus)
• My love is like a red, red rose (George M. Garrett)
• My Love’s like the red Rose (William Knyvett)
• My luve is like a red, red rose (John Cornwall)
• My Nanie ’s awa’ (Henry A. Lambeth)
• O life, how pleasing (John Clarke-Whitfeld)
• O Thou, in whom we live and move (Alexander Campbell Mackenzie)
• O, my love is like a red, red rose (Nick Austin)
• O, were my Love yon lilac fair (Henry Marcellus Higgs)
• Of a’ the airts (Charles Jessop)
• Of a’ the Airts the Win’ can blaw (Henry A. Lambeth)
• Once more I hail Thee, WoO 152, No.3 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
• Phillis the fair (Edgar Bainton)
• Phillis the Fair (Walter Galpin Alcock)
• A red, red rose (Eva Toller)
• The red, red rose (John Liptrot Hatton)
• A red, red rose (Martin Johnson)
• A red, red rose (Robert Schumann)
• Der Rekrut, Op. 75 No. 4 (Robert Schumann)
• A rose-bud (Joachim Kelecom)
• Rotes Röslein, Op. 27 No. 2 (Robert Schumann)
• Scots, wha hae (Granville Bantock)
• Sleep'st thou or wak'st thou (The de'il tak' the wars) (Joseph Haydn)
• The De'il's Awa' (Eric DeLamarter)
• The Deil's awa' wi' the Exciseman (Edward Sweeting)
• The Winter is past (Edgar Bainton)
• Ye banks and braes (Douglas Brooks-Davies)
• Ye banks and braes (Jeremy Rawson)
• Ye Banks and Braes (Traditional)
• Zahnweh, Op. 55, No. 2 (Robert Schumann)

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