Title: Song, dance and poetry of the court of Scotland under King James VI; musical illustrations of court-song,
Authors: Shire, Helena Mennie.; Elliott, Kenneth.; Elliott, Kenneth, 1929-2011.
Publisher: Cambridge U.P.,
Year: 1969
Subjects: Music Scotland History and criticism.; Scottish poetry History and criticism.; English poetry Scottish authors History and criticism; Scotland Court and courtiers.; Scotland Court and courtiers History
Contents: Introduction: Court-song of sixteenth-century Scotland -- The ballatis preserved -- The making of court-song -- Alexander Scott (c.1525-c.1590) and traditions of court-song, dance and ceremony -- Musicians and poets at the court of King James VI -- The poet, the cherrie and the King: a reading of 'The cherrie and the slae' -- Montgomerie and music -- Younger Castalians: a court-tradition of poetry and song-making continues -- From court to castle -- The last Castalian: Sir Robert Ayton -- Epilogue: Courtly song in seventeenth-century Scotland.