Notebook with hand-written staves throughout, containing music for keyboard consisting of dances, some songs and a few marches, all written apparently soon after 1750.
Item
Identifier: MS.21839
Dates
- Creation: [After 1750.]
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
80 Leaves ; 159 x 200 millimetres.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
80 folios.
Custodial History
The volume is stamped 'AO' on each cover, presumably the initials of its first owner. It was later owned by a Captain Grant, whose name is written inside the back cover and stamped on folios 1 and 80 verso, and by Duncan Macrae, the retired minister of Grantully, whose name is written inside the front cover.
The notebook was bought by the National Library of Scotland with the aid of the Murdoch Henderson Fund.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, 1984 (with MSS.22123-221217).
- 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
Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk