Alexander Campbell (musician)

Alexander Campbell (born February 22, 1764 in Tabea on Loch Lubnaig , † May 15, 1824 in Edinburgh ) was a Scottish musician , writer , collector and arranger of Scottish and English folk songs.

life and work

Campbell came from a carpenter's house. His father died when Campbell was 11 years old. His eldest brother took care of the family and provided him with an excellent music education. This enabled him to take up the position of organist in an episcopal chapel in Edinburgh. During this time Campbell also gave music lessons. Among his students was the writer Walter Scott .

Campbell eventually turned away from music. After a soon abandoned medical school at Edinburgh University, he turned to writing. He wrote mainly works on the cultural history of Scotland.

For Albyn's Anthology , his collection of Scottish and English folk songs, the Highland Society granted him a scholarship through Walter Scott. Campbell covered between eleven and twelve hundred miles in Scotland and England gathering materials for this folk song collection.

In the last few years of his life, Campbell fell into great poverty and made a living copying manuscripts for his former student, Walter Scott.

Publications

Odes and Miscellaneous Poems. Edinburgh 1796.
An Introduction to the History of Poetry in Scotland. Edinburgh 1798.
A conversation on Scotsh Songs. 1798.
A Journey from Edinburgh through parts of North Britain. 1802.
The Grampians Desolate. Poem in six books. Edinburgh 1804.
Albyn's Anthology. Collection of Scottish and English folk songs. 2 volumes. Edinburgh 1816/1818.

literature

Francis Watt: Campbell, Alexander (1764-1824) . In: Leslie Stephen (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 8: Burton - Cantwell. MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London, 1886, pp 307 - 310 (English).
Campbell, Alexander . In: Wilibald Gurlitt (Ed.): Riemann Musiklexikon . 12th, completely revised edition. People part: A-K . Schott, Mainz 1959, p. 271 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Web links

Commons : Alexander Campbell - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Alexander Campbell (musician) in the bibliographic database WorldCat

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Francis Watt: Campbell, Alexander (1764-1824) . In: Leslie Stephen (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 8: Burton - Cantwell. MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London, 1886, pp 307 - 310 (English).
↑ Wilibald Gurlitt : Alexander Campbell. 1959.

personal data
SURNAME	Campbell, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Scottish musician, writer and collector and arranger of Scottish and English folk songs
DATE OF BIRTH	February 22, 1764
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tabea at Loch Lubnaig
DATE OF DEATH	May 15, 1824
Place of death	Edinburgh

[Watt-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Francis Watt: Campbell, Alexander (1764-1824) . In: Leslie Stephen (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 8: Burton - Cantwell. MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London, 1886, pp 307 - 310 (English).

[2] Wilibald Gurlitt : Alexander Campbell. 1959.