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The Recent Music of James Clapperton

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2016

Kenneth Gloag
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In a review of the first performance of James Clapperton's The Parliament of four Futtit Beistis, Jonathan Cross described the work's ‘blatant but effective modality’ as being ‘evidently an aspect of Clapperton's self-realignment with his Scottish roots’, and concluded, ‘whatever its origins, the end result is more effective than anything of his I have previously heard’.

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Research Article
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Tempo , Issue 188 , March 1994 , pp. 10 - 15
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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References

1 Tempo No.173, 06 1990, p. 67.Google Scholar

2 The composer's own descriptions are based on programme notes and discussions with the author.

3 See The Poems of Roben Henryson, ed. Fox, Denton (Oxford University Press, 1980).Google Scholar

4 For a discussion of Dunbar and his significance within the Scottish literary tradition see Bawcutt, Priscilla: Dunbar the Maker (Oxford University Press 1992).CrossRefGoogle Scholar

5 See The Poems of William Dunkar, ed. Mackenzie, W. Mackay (The Mercat Press, 1990).Google Scholar