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Microfilm of assorted music, and notes on music and songs, chiefly Scottish.
The contents are as follows:
Notes, 1826-1827, of Lady John Scott on music, and songs, chiefly Scottish (MS.842);
Airs, 1824, chiefly of ballads, also of marches, etc., dedicated to Sir Walter Scott by Andrew Blaikie (MS.1578);
Copies of songs, dances, and other tunes, arranged for violin, made by members, relatives, and friends of the family of Brown, residing at Linkwood, Elgin, late 18th century (MS.3378).
Microfilm of 'Lessones for ye Violin', a collection of twenty-eight pieces for violin, including dances, marches, a set of variations, and Scots airs, a manuscript from the library at Newbattle Abbey.
Microfilm of manuscripts in the collection of Scottish and other music formed by Alexander Wood Inglis, Secretary to the Board of Manufactures.
Microfilm of Scottish music, [1838]; and, dance tunes, [circa 1765], chiefly arranged for the English guitar or the cittern.
The contents are as follows:
Volume of Scottish music, [1838], comprising airs, Lowland and Highland, songs, dances, a pibroch, etc. (MS.2086);
Book of dance tunes, [circa 1765], chiefly arranged for the English guitar or the cittern (MS.5449).
Microfilm of two musical manuscripts, [circa 1680], from the library at Newbattle Abbey; and, a Panumre music book, mid 17th century.
The contents are as follows:
Sixty-six pieces for violin, [circa 1680], (two in two parts), chiefly dances, with a further seven pieces in tablature (apparently for a three-stringed instrument) (MS.5777);
'Lessones for ye Violin', a collection of twenty-eight pieces for violin, [circa 1680], including dances, marches, a set of variations, and Scots airs (MS.5778);
Twenty-three pieces of music, chiefly dances, in French lute tablature, mid 17th century (MS.9451).