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Autograph score of William Wallace, "Songs by Heine".

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13997
Content Description

Presentation autograph score of William Wallace's arrangements for voice and piano of six poems by Heinrich Heine. Dated 1888, and inscribed to "Mrs Young". Contains arrangements of the following: 1. Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen; 2. Wenn zwei von einander scheiden; 3. Ich hab im Traume geweinet; 4. Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen; 5. Vergiftet sind meine Lieder; 6. Mädchen mit dem rothen Mündchen.

Dates: 1888

Bagpipe tunes.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.3989

Commonplace book of Donald Mackay, 1848, containing miscelleanous texts including medical prescriptions, texts of religious instruction, songs partly with music, and Gaelic songs, partly composed by Mackay himself.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14338
Content Description Commonplace book dated 1848, paginated by the scribe 1-732, 781-790, blank after page 727. A leather label pasted onto the front paste-down reads "Donald McKay 1848". The scribe was possibly the Rev. Donald Mackay (1829-1910), a native of Creich, Sutherland, minister of various parishes including Paisley and Nova Scotia. From 1848-1853, around the time of writing of the commonplace book, he was schoolmaster in Ullapool. If Mackay's identity could be confirmed, this time scale might explain...
Dates: 1848.

G F Ross, "Article on Piobaireachd with a Collection of 25 Tunes" (1942).

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.8383
Scope and Contents

Includes:

lecture, 1952, of Archibald Campbell of Kilberry, "Some Aspects of Highland Pipe Music"

four tunes, undated, of Robert Meldrum.

Dates: 1942-1952 and undated.

John Mackay Piobaireachd manuscript.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.9231
Scope and Contents

With associated notes.

Dates: circa 1849.

John Rose, full score of "Spem in alium".

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13935
Content Description

Full score including choir part. Entitled "Spem in alium nunquam habui, motet for chorus (dir.), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tympani (4) and organ". In the composer's hand, with corrections. Paginated by him, 2-42. Dated at end: 12th June 2001.

Dates: 12 June 2001

Minutes, accounts, and miscellaneous papers of the Edinburgh Skating Club.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.24641-24649
Scope and Contents The Edinburgh Skating Club was clearly well-established in 1784 when the first minute book starts. Apart from a few years of inactivity the Club flourished until the early 1900's when combined figure-skating declined in popularity. It was finally dissolved in 1966. Although the Club attracted a large proportion of its members from the legal profession, the Edinburgh Skating Club was not socially exclusive and the membership lists include local noblemen, merchants, army offers and a slater....
Dates: 1784-1966, undated.

Music for flute: short pieces mostly by early 18th century composers.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.5.2.20
Scope and Contents

The manuscript includes music by Handel, Locatelli, Blavet, and Festing, and also some Scottish tunes mostly represented in James Oswald, ‘Caledonian Pocket Companion’ (1745), etc.

Dates: 18th century

Music for violin: consisting mainly of elaborate arrangements of Scottish airs, many apparently from Disblair in Aberdeenshire.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.5.2.25
Scope and Contents

The manuscript includes an arrangement of a minuet for string trio (folios 20-21), and of `Port Skene` for two flutes and string trio (folios 22 verso-23).

Inside the front cover is a list of measurements for the bagpipe, so called ‘Hybrid Union Pipe’.

Dates: Late 18th century.

Music manuscript of reels and strathspeys, ca. 1766, belonging to Elizabeth Rose of Kilravock.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14558
Content Description A volume of dance tunes, containing reels and strathspeys with titles in Gaelic, Scots and English. With the exception of the first tune, which is arranged for the piano, the tunes are set for the fiddle.The volume bears the ownership inscription of Elizabeth Rose, but nearly all of the contents are the work of a different scribe. Two pieces with their titles are written out in her hand, as well as the title of a further tune which the main scribe of the volume had left...
Dates: ca. 1766

Music of F J Simpson.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8974
Scope and Contents

Includes:

full score, circa 1890, of overture "Robert Bruce"

operetta, undated, "Pandora"

early compositions, circa 1875-1876.

Dates: circa 1875-circa 1890.

Music of Harry E Baker.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9763

Music of S Middlar.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9549
Dates: circa 1960-circa 1970.

Papers of Herrick Bunney, musician and organist of St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14453
Content Description

Corrspondence and papers of Herrick Bunney, documenting mainly his work at St. Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh. It contains papers illustrating his musical activities, as well as papers and photographs documenting the fundraising for, and installation of a new organ at St. Giles' in the 1990s.

Dates: 1898-2006

Papers of Joseph Seymour Halley.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10037
Dates: 1908-1917 and undated.

Papers of the Gall and Inglis families.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6437
Scope and Contents

Including music, drawings and notes.

Dates: 19th century to 20th century.

Photocopies of the Ceol Beag of Duncan Campbell.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9396
Scope and Contents

With biographical material.

Dates: circa 1820 to 20th century.

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Bach, Albert Bernhard, Edinburgh, vocalist, 1844-1913 1
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Blackie, John Stuart, Professor of Greek, University of Edinburgh, 1809-1895 1
Bunney, Herrick, 1915-1997 (organist of St. Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh) 1
Campbell, Archibald, jurist, piper, 1877-1963 1