Papers of the Edinburgh Society of Musicians.
Scope and Contents
These papers, the surviving archive of the Edinburgh Society of Musicians, run from the foundation of the Society in 1887 - though it includes a small amount of earlier material - to 1982, and in addition to providing a very full account of the Society's own history, it contains much concerning the history of music-making in Edinburgh in the 20th Century. Included in the collection are the papers of the Edinburgh Harmonists' Society which could trace its descent from the Edinburgh Musical Society founded in 1728 (MSS.21643-21664), of the short-lived Edinburgh Singverein, and the Society of Musical Amateurs (MS.21665), and of the St George Quartet Club (MSS.21666-21668). All these groups seem to have merged eventually with the Edinburgh Society of Musicians.
Dates
- Creation: 1887-1982.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
89 Volumes ; All the papers not already bound are folio and under.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, 1982.
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk