Papers of Rose Ethel Bassin, Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music, Associate of the Royal College of Music (1889-1974), music-teacher, song-collector, and biographer of Frances Tolmie.
Scope and Contents
Rose Ethel Bassin was born in Edinburgh of Ukrainian extraction, and studied music under Marjory Kennedy-Fraser and others. She taught in schools in England (1907-1911, 1919-1920), Edinburgh (1915), Newton Stewart (1916-1919), Stornoway (1920-1924) and Skye (1924-1927). During 1927-1934 she lectured in the University of British Columbia. After some time in London she spent the war years teaching in Harris, the Uist and Barra. She moved to Dingwall Academy in 1945, finally becoming Music Organiser for Dingwall and District. On retirement in 1949 she taught privately in Strathpeffer and Edinburgh. The present part of her bequest consists largely of her general collection of Gaelic song.
Dates
- Creation: 1926-1968, undated.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
36 Volumes
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bequest to the library, 1977, upon Rose Ethel Bassin's death.
Separated Materials
A further portion of Rose Ethel Bassin's material (Acc.7040: inventory available) consists of her correspondence and diaries, with a little more of the various types of material in the first bequest, and all her work on Frances Tolmie. It was received upon publication of Miss Bassin’s ‘The old songs of Skye’ in 1977.
- 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
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