Baroness Carolina Oliphant Nairne
Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne (16 August 1766 – 26 October 1845) – also known as Carolina Baroness Nairn in the peerage of Scotland and Baroness Keith in that of the United Kingdom – was a Scottish songwriter. Many of her songs, such as, "Will ye no' come back again?", "Charlie is my Darling" , "The Rowan Tree" and "Wi' a Hundred Pipers' remain popular today, almost two hundred years after they were written. One of her songs, "Caller Herrin'", was sung at the 2021 commemoration of the 1881 Eyemouth disaster. She usually set her words to traditional Scottish folk melodies, but sometimes contributed her own music. Carolina Nairne and her contemporary Robert Burns were influenced by the Jacobite heritage in their establishment of a distinct Scottish identity, through what they both called national song. Perhaps in the belief that her work would not be taken seriously if it were known that she was a woman, Nairne went to considerable lengths to conceal her identity (even from her husband) when submitting her work for publication. Early on she called herself Mrs Bogan of Bogan, but feeling that gave too much away she often attributed her songs to the gender-neutral B.B., S.M., or "Unknown". Although both working in the same genre of what might today be called traditional Scottish folksongs, Nairne and Burns display rather different attitudes in their compositions. Nairne tends to focus on an earlier romanticised version of the Scottish way of life, tinged with sadness for what is gone forever, whereas Burns displays an optimism about a better future to come. |
Birth and Death Data: Born July 16, 1766, Died October 27, 1845
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1907 - 1924
Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist
Notes: Also referred to as "Lady Nairne."
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-4851 | 10-in. | 10/1/1907 | I'm wearing awa' to the land o' the leal | Gwilym Miles | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-10833 | 10-in. | 7/25/1911 | I'm wearing awa' | John Barnes Wells | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-19337 | 10-in. | 3/5/1917 | Wi' a hundred pipers | Farquhar Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-19522 | 10-in. | 3/28/1917 | I'm wearing awa' to the land of the leal | Julia Culp | Contralto vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
Victor | B-30237 | 10-in. | 6/2/1924 | I'm wearin' awa', Jean | Merle Alcock | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 19252 | 10-in. | 3/8/1911 | I'm wearing awa' to the land o' the leal | Mary Desmond | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 46238 | 10-in. | 12/4/1915 | I'm wearin' awa' to the land of the leal | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 36883 | 12-in. | ca. 1914 | Will ye no come back again? | Margaret Woodrow Wilson | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 75161 | 12-in. | 8/24/1922 | Caller herrin' | Muriel Brunskill ; Albert W. Ketelbey | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 2199 | 10-in. | Mar. 1913 | Wearing awa' to the land | Carrie Bridewell | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 2965 | 10-in. | Apr. 1914 | I'm wearing awa' | Merle Tillotson | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 5653 | 10-in. | 7/2/1917 | The land o' the leal | Amy Ellerman | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 6939 | 10-in. | 9/22/1919 | Wi' a hundred pipers | Charles E. Gallagher | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Nairne, Carolina Oliphant, Baroness," accessed October 2, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102785.
Nairne, Carolina Oliphant, Baroness. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 2, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102785.
"Nairne, Carolina Oliphant, Baroness." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 October 2024.
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External Sources
Wikipedia: Carolina Nairne
IMSLP: Baroness Carolina Oliphant Nairne
Britannica: Baroness Carolina Oliphant Nairne
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Nairne, Carolina Oliphant, Baroness, 1766-1845 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80056863
Wikidata: Carolina Nairne - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5044865
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/216149106285468492540
MusicBrainz: Carolina Nairne - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/62e63ec4-5963-4f36-a98f-b8ebbfaa91bb
ISNI: 0000 0000 8232 958X - http://www.isni.org/isni/000000008232958X
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