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Copy in a contemporary hand of the score of ‘Il Trovatore’ by Verdi.

 Item
Identifier: MS.21856
Scope and Contents

‘Il Trovatore’ by Verdi was first performed in 1853.

Dates: 1853.

Copy in an apparently twentieth-century hand of the piano score of ‘Don Quichotte’, a ballet by Petipa to music by Minkus, which was first performed in 1869.

 Item
Identifier: MS.21860
Scope and Contents

The markings and deletions in pencil and crayon are presumably in the hand of Th. Wassileff, whose name is stamped on the flyleaf and elsewhere in the score.

Dates: [?1869.]

Corrected autograph score of Edward McGuire, "Euphoria - a Sense of Well-Being", for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10795
Scope and Contents

Includes copy of the final version of the work and tape recording of its first performance, Edinburgh.

Dates: 1980.

Miscellany of music.

 File
Identifier: MS.21850
Scope and Contents The material consists of:(i) A setting, 1772, for voice and piano by John Collett of 'An ode in honour of the birthday of Andrew Crosbie' by John Maclaurin, Lord Dreghorn (folio 1);(ii) A copy, in an early nineteenth-century (apparently contemporary) hand, of Karl Czerny, 'Choix de Walses brillantes et faciles pour le piano-forte' (folio 11);(iii) A full score, in an apparently late eighteenth-century hand, of the aria 'Son confusa pastorella' from the...
Dates: 1745-early 19th century.

Papers, including manuscript and typescript drafts of plays, operas, novels, short stories, sketches and correspodence, of William McArthur.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6878 Box 1(1)-Box 13(30)
Scope and Contents

Including manuscript and typescript drafts of plays, operas, novels, short stories, and sketches, and circa 500 letters to, and copies of letters of McArthur, mostly concerning the broadcasting of his works.

Dates: 1933-1961, undated.

Papers of Sir George Henschel.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.6211/1-23
Scope and Contents

Comprising manuscript scores of musical compositions, including the opera "Nubia", concert programmes, press notices, and letters and copies of letters to Henschel from correspondents including: Princess Louise, A J Balfour, Gordon Bottomley, and Sir D Y Cameron.

Dates: 1879-1934.