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'Festival Mass for full orchestra & chorus; a study in instrumentation, composed by William Wallace' (born 1860), in his autograph.
The composer gives a history (folio xiii) of the work, which was composed in 1886-1887 and, in part, scored in 1888 (see dates on various folios). Some parts are incomplete.
Interspersed with the music are unruled leaves, bearing illuminations, manuscript notes of the composer, etc., on folios i-ii, viii, x-xiii, xxv, xxvii verso, xxviii verso, xxxix, xliii, xlvii, li.
Manuscript and score of "Hammered Brass: A Collection of Studies for Brass Quintet and Percussion", with note by the composer, Robert Crawford.
Manuscript score, 1979, of Ronald Stevenson`s "Violin Concerto".
Includes note, 1992, of Yehudi Menuhin and three photographs taken at the first performance, Glasgow, 1992.
Miscellaneous collection of music, and of lectures and writings (many fragmentary) on music, and on Scottish music in particular, by Francis George Scott.
Music and other papers of John Davidson and James Scott Skinner.
Musical compositions and other papers, 1871-1926, undated, of John Davidson; and correspondence and compositions [circa 1883- circa 1917], undated, of James Scott Skinner.
Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn.
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.
Notes and papers of Archie G Kenneth concerning piobaireachd.
Original manuscript of "The Ship o' the Fiend", a ballad for Orchestra, Opus 5, composed by Hamish MacCunn.
The ballad is preceded by a version, in Hamish MacCunn's hand, of the verse ballad that inspired the music, i.e., 'The Daemon Lover', number 243 of ‘The English and Scottish popular ballads’. A pencilled note records two performances in 1888.
Papers concerning "Passacaglia on DSCH" by Ronald Stevenson
Includes scores, notes, press cuttings, a speech and correspondence.
Papers of and relating to Rose Ethel Bassin, collector of Scottish songs and music teacher, Edinburgh.
Papers of Francis Collinson.
Includes music manuscripts, research papers and correspondence.
Papers of Hector MacFadyen of Pennyghael.
Includes music and historical notes on piping.
Papers of John Murdoch Henderson.
Papers of the Stewart and Christie families, and concerning the Murdostoun estate.
Score, by Ronald Stevenson, of "Ben Dorain", a setting of the poem by Duncan Bàn MacIntyre for orchestras and choirs, with related papers.
Scores of operatic works by James A Moonie, and autograph and fair copies of scores, and correspondence of his son William B Moonie.
Successive typescript texts, fragmentary notes, and revisions of 'The last heir', a dramatization, in four acts, of ‘The bride of Lammermoor’ by Sir Walter Scott, made for Sir John Martin-Harvey by Stephen Phillips; together with an orchestral score by Norman O'Neill.
The first four drafts (MSS.7151-7157) are entitled 'The bride of Lammermoor'.