Thomas Alexander Erskine

Thomas Alexander Erskine Sheet Music

  • Born: 1st September 1732
  • Died: 9th October 1781
  • Birthplace: Great Britain

Thomas Alexander Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie styled Viscount Fentoun and Lord Pittenweem until 1756, was a British musician and composer whose considerable talent brought him international fame and his rakish habits notoriety, but nowadays is little known. Recent recordings of his surviving compositions have led to him being re-evaluated as one of the most important British composers of the 18th century, as well as a prime example ofScotland's music. Until the 1970s only a small number of his compositions was thought to survive, though the discovery in 1989 of two manuscripts containing chamber works at Kilravock Castle has doubled the number of his surviving compositions – notably with nine trio sonatas and nine string quartets. Interest in him was recently revived by John Purser, among others, and a CD of his works has now been made.

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