Xeroxes of three manuscript music books containing airs collected by the sisters Margaret Douglas MacLean Clephane and Anna Jane Douglas MacLean Clephane of Torloisk, Mull.
Series
Identifier: MS.14949(a)-(c)
Scope and Contents
The airs in the music books are drawn from a broad range of cultures, including Gaelic.
Dates
- Creation: 1808-1825.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
318 Leaves ; Folio.
Language of Materials
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic
Arrangement
318 folios.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Copied, 1976, with Microfilm MS.266, by permission of the owner, Captain Alwyne C Farquharson of Invercauld.
Bibliography
For the MacLean Clephanes see Ailie Munro, “Abbotsford Collection of Border ballads’, in ‘Scottish Studies’, volume 20 (Edinburgh, 1976), pages 94, 96-97 (in which the present manuscript is referred to as Acc.6574) and John Gunn, ‘An historical enquiry respecting the performance on the harp’ (Edinburgh, 1807), page 46. For their connection with the Farquharsons of Invercauld see John Bernard Burke’s ‘Peerage’ (Northampton).
Genre / Form
- 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