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Autograph settings by Robin Orr of “The Kimmers o' Cougate” and Three Songs of Innocence by William Blake.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.22016
Dates:
1929, 1955.
Correspondence of Ronald Stevenson addressed to Roger Duce, with a composition dedicated to Duce.
File
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
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.
File
Identifier: Acc.8048
Scope and Contents
With photocopy of letter, 1979, of Sir Adrian Boult to Elizabeth Crosby Cook, concerning Porteous.
Dates:
1930-1979.
Letter, 1916, of William Wallace concerning his symphonic poem 'Villon', with the first page of the full score, [1909].
File
Identifier: MS.22081
Dates:
[1909], 1916.
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.
Miscellaneous collection of music, and of lectures and writings (many fragmentary) on music, and on Scottish music in particular, by Francis George Scott.
Series
Identifier: MSS.22019-22020
Dates:
1913-1951, undated.
Music and other papers of John Davidson and James Scott Skinner.
Series
Identifier: MSS.22076-22077
Dates:
1896, 1917, 1922, undated.
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 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, 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 and concerning Francis George Scott, composer.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12506
Dates:
1930-1992.
Papers of the Piobaireachd Society, including correspondence and papers of Archibald Graham Kenneth (Archie Kenneth).
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14539
Content Description
Further papers of the Piobaireachd Society, containing Society business files and a small number of manuscripts and printed books belonging to the Society. The largest part of this collection is formed by the correspondence and papers of Archibald Graham Kenneth (Archie Kenneth), including correspondence with his friend James Campbell, son of Archibald Campbell of Kilberry (1916-2003), and others; papers concerning his editions of some of the Piobaireachd Society music...
Dates:
1940s-1980s.
Score and parts, 1894, of Andrew Munro MacCunn, "Easter Anthem".
File
Identifier: Acc.6792
Scope and Contents
With letters, 1890-1894, of MacCunn to Barbara Dempster.
Dates:
1890-1894.
Typescripts of works by Sydney Goodsir Smith, Crieff Williamson and John Guthrie.
File
Identifier: Acc.11806
Dates:
circa 1935-1988.
Volume entitled 'Celtic music', compiled by David R Robertson, a mercantile clerk in Dundee, consisting of pipe tunes, poems, notes and memoranda, extracts from published sources, letters from correspondents interested in Gaelic culture, and some press cuttings and photographs.
File
Identifier: MS.22164
Scope and Contents
The title is taken from folio 1, a vellum leaf.Some items found loosely enclosed have been tipped or pasted in.The work consists of an introduction (folio 6) preceded by prefatory poems (folio 2), and eight sections: Old highland airs (folio 39), Clan tunes (folio 90), Jacobite airs (folio 131), Battle tunes (folio 159), Laments (folio 209), Old Scottish airs (folio 223), Army tunes (folio 244) and General marches (folio 276).There are two unrelated items:...
Dates:
1911-1912.
Waltz, 1830, composed by John Thomson.
File
Identifier: Acc.6292
Scope and Contents
With a letter, 1834, of John Thomson, Minister of Duddingston.
Dates:
1830, 1834.