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Tap 10 wirds the Scots language haes gien the warld
The fowk o Scotland haes aye haed a wey wi wirds, frae the poyetry o the 15t an 16t centuries tae the ‘Scottish people Twitter’ o the day. Sae it’s nae surprise that ower the centuries the Scots language haes gien the warld some braw wirds. Here’s oor tap ten (in nae particular order).
Soonds o the kirk and coort: early muisic in Scotland
Whither in Italy, Germany, France or England, muisic bi gate o coort and kirk wis floorishin aw ower Europe in the Renaissance and Baroque periods. But what o Scotland? Wis it aw juist bagpipes, reels and fowk sangs? I pat on my speirer’s bunnet and haed a bit leuk. Atween c1430 and c1750—a time that comprehends twa muisical eras scholars caws the Renaissance and Baroque periods—Europe’s kirks and royal coorts …