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Correspondence of Ronald Stevenson addressed to Roger Duce, with a composition dedicated to Duce.

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Identifier: Acc.14286
Content Description A small collection of correspondence of Roger Duce, former curator of music collections at the National Library of Scotland. Contains:Christmas card, 1990, home-made with two lines of music to the words "Blessed are the peacemakers", to Roger Duce and his family from Ronald and Marjorie Stevenson. Together with the manuscript score of a composition for the piano, 19 bars, entitled "Homage to Roger Duce : Passaggiata del Bibliotecario (a Satiesque Satire)", with a theme built on...
Dates: 1990-1999

Draft and completed musical scores, including the symphony "The Creation", by William Wallace.

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Identifier: Acc.12120
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence and papers on musical controversies.

Dates: circa 1896-1929.

Drafts and corrected typescripts of "The Seven Deadly Sins: a Mask", libretto by Robert Nye, music by James Douglas.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.6241/1-5
Scope and Contents

With manuscript score of the music, and correspondence concerning the work and its performance at the Stirling Festval, 1973, and Edinburgh International Festival, 1974.

Dates: 1973-1974.

Full manuscript scores, 1930 and 1932, of Norman Porteous, "Britannia Invicta", a march for orchestra, and "The Mad Dog of Islington", a musical satire for chorus and orchestra.

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Identifier: Acc.8048
Scope and Contents

With photocopy of letter, 1979, of Sir Adrian Boult to Elizabeth Crosby Cook, concerning Porteous.

Dates: 1930-1979.

Letters of Francis George Scott and Roger Quilter to John Tainsh

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Identifier: Acc.13516
Scope and Contents

Three letters, 1944-1947, of Francis George Scott to John Tainsh, the first of these including short drafts of manuscript music;

two letters, 1936 and 1957, of Roger Cuthbert Quilter to John Tainsh.

Dates: 1936-1957

Letters of Ronald Stevenson, with manuscript of `The Continents` piano concerto and other papers.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13619
Scope and Contents

A small collection of letters and scores of Ronald Stevenson, gathered by Barry Peter Ould in the course of his friendship and work with the composer. Also included are two cards and a letter of Stevenson to Christopher Grieve.

Dates: 1972-1992.

Manuscripts in the Cecil Hopkinson Collection of Hector Berlioz.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.3428-3429
Dates: Early 19th century-mid 19th century.

Music manuscripts and letters of Sir George Henschel

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Identifier: Acc.13478
Scope and Contents Contains:- two manuscripts of songs for solo voice and piano: "Little lamb, who made thee?" dated 18th Jan. 1918; "The knight of Bethlehem", dated 20th Nov. 1918. - three printed scores of songs for solo voice and piano by Henschel, two with ownership inscription of Janet Dunlop Smith: `Es war ein alter König (Gedicht von H. Heine) ... von Georg Henschel. Op. 37. No. 1`, printed D. Rahter, Hamburg und Leipzig, [n.d.]; `The Land o` the Leal. A song written by Lady...
Dates: 1913-1918

Musical compositions and arrangements of Ron Gonnella.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11141
Scope and Contents

Includes letters of James Scott Skinner.

Dates: 20th century.

Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.22171-22194
Scope and Contents

The musical compositions consist of final versions (MSS.22171-22186), and sketches, drafts and fragments (MSS.22187-22193). The other papers consist largely of press cuttings.

Dates: Mid 20th century-1988, undated.

Papers, 1846-1983 and undated, of and concerning James F Dickie, fiddler.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10389
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, photographs and music.

With letters and music, 1888-1924 and undated, of James Scott Skinner, and music, 1935-1968 and undated, of John Murdoch Henderson.

Dates: 1846-1983 and undated.

Papers and correspondence of Douglas Charles Parker.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.21551-21561
Scope and Contents D C Parker was an able amateur musician, and a professional writer on music, both as critic (1919-1934) on the ‘Evening Times’ of Glasgow, and as the biographer of Georges Bizet, and a contributor to many musical periodicals. His main enthusiasms were for the music of Wagner, Elgar, the French composers of the late 19th century, and for opera in general. His correspondence extends from his early contacts with Massenet and Saint Saëns, through to modern conductors such as Colin Davis. His...
Dates: 1902-1970.

Papers concerning "Passacaglia on DSCH" by Ronald Stevenson

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11055
Scope and Contents

Includes scores, notes, press cuttings, a speech and correspondence.

Dates: 1960-1994.

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 Francis Collinson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8985
Scope and Contents

Includes music manuscripts, research papers and correspondence.

Dates: circa 1920-1983.

Papers of Isobel V S Dunlop, containing correspondence, music, poetry and related material.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9121/1-133
Scope and Contents

Includes music scores, correspondence and papers concerning the Saltire Society and Saltire Music Group.

Dates: 1922-1974.

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Correspondence. 19
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Marches. Musical compositions. 2
Music books. 2
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Printed materials. Object genre. 2
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Research notes 2
Short stories. 2
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Language
English 25
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Names
Stevenson, Ronald J, composer and pianist, 1928-2015 3
Henschel, Sir George, Knight, musician, formerly Isidor Georg, 1850-1934 2
Scott, Francis George, composer, 1880-1958 2
Skinner, James Scott (composer) 2
Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour (statesman) 1
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Bassin, Ethel Rose, collector of Scottish songs and music teacher, 1889-1974 1
Bottomley, Gordon, author, 1874-1948 1
Boult, Sir Adrian Cedric, Knight, conductor, 1889-1983 1
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 1
Center, Evelyn Morrison, soprano, fl 1929-1993 1
Center, Ronald, composer, 1913-1973 1
Christie, family, of Cowden Castle, Clackmannanshire 1
Collinson, Francis James Montgomery, musical director and musicologist, 1898-1984 1
Cook, Elizabeth Crosby, Hassocks, Sussex, fl 1979-1981: recipient 1
Dempster, Barbara, correspondent of Andrew M MacCunn, composer and conductor, fl 1890-1894. 1
Dickie, James Fowlie, fiddler and mason, 1886-1983 1
Douglas, James, composer, b 1932 1
Duce, Roger (Curator of Music Collections, National Library of Scotland) 1
Dunlop, Isobel V S, Secretary of the Saltire Music Group, b 1901 1
Edinburgh Highland Reel and Strathspey Society 1
Edinburgh International Festival 1
Gonnella, Ronald, fiddler and composer, d 1994 1
Grieve, Christopher Murray, poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid, 1892-1978 1
Guthrie, John, Chief Medical Officer, Kuwait Oil Company, composer, 1913-1986 1
Henderson, John Murdoch, musician, 1902-1972 1
J and R Glen, highland bagpipe makers 1
Kenneth, Archibald Graham, composer, 1915-1989 1
Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1848-1939 1
MacCunn, Andrew Munro, composer and conductor, c 1881-1966 1
McArthur, William, playwright, fl 1940-1961 1
Nye, Robert, author and poet, b 1939 1
Ould, Barry Peter, music publisher, b. 1947.: recipient 1
Piobaireachd Society 1
Porteous, Norman, composer, fl 1930-1932 1
Quilter, Roger Cuthbert, composer, 1877-1953 1
Ross, William Baird, organist and composer, 1871-1950 1
Saltire Society 1
Smith, Janet Dunlop, 1888-1984: collector 1
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 1
Stewart, family, of Murdostoun 1
Stirling Festival 1
Tainsh, John, tenor, d. 1967 1
Thomson, John, Minister of Duddingston, 1778-1840 1
Thomson, John, composer, 1805-1841 1
Wallace, William Francis Stuart, composer, 1860-1940 1
Williamson, Crieff, author, b 1915 1
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