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Four manuscript music books, collected by William Arnot Watterston.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.11680
Scope and Contents

Books contain four part arrangements for violin, cello and flute of 230 airs, songs, reels and strathspeys.

Dates: circa 1869-1883.

Four music books.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12347
Scope and Contents

Collection of 11 reels or marches and seven songs, transcribed/belonging to Margaret Robertson; "Of notes and there [sic] lengths", belonging to John Johnston; collection of 49 songs or reels for harpsichord, holograph Charlotte Ellis; volume of 28 tunes with ownership mark of Charlotte Ellis.

Dates: Late 18th century to early 19th century.

Four music part-books (1st, 2nd violins, viola and cello).

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.10303
Scope and Contents

Includes Alberto Gallo, "Twelve Sinfonie or Sonatas" and Johan Joachim Agrell, "Six Sonatas" (both London, undated) and transcripts, circa 1770, of 19 chamber music works of, or attributed to, Thomas Alexander Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie.

Dates: circa 1770 and undated.

Fragmentary full score of ‘Tita’, the first opera by Ladislao Zavertal, composer and conductor.

 File
Identifier: MS.6300
Scope and Contents

The opera was produced at Treviso in 1870, and later rewritten and published as ‘Adriana’ (Lago di Como, 1930). The score, in the handwriting of Ladislao Zavertal’s father, Vaclav Hugo Zavertal, then Director of the Istituto Musicale of Treviso, appears to have been undergoing revision, and many pages have been discarded and replaced by others.

Dates: [1870, or before].

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.

Full opera score of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi with German libretto.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14056/1-3
Scope and Contents A score in three volumes, written in Germany with the libretto translated into German. The copy is the work of several copyists, none of whom has been identified. The numbering of sections in the manuscript corresponds to the numbering found in Verdi's autograph rather than the printed editions of the opera. The German translation is that of Ricordi's edition of 1852. First German-language performances of Rigoletto took place in 1853. Consistent with the...
Dates: ca. 1855

Gaelic songs and music, with some translations, collected and arranged by Duncan M Morison, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11209
Scope and Contents

Includes musical pieces composed by Morison.

Dates: early 20th century.

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

John Smith`s Pibroch manuscript.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.12563
Scope and Contents

Collection of pibrochs containing copies of known tunes and possibly some of the compiler`s own work.

Dates: circa 1860-1880.

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.

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Scores 158
Scores. 51
Manuscripts. 48
Songs. Musical compositions. 22
Autographs (manuscripts). 20
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Correspondence. 19
Drafts. Documents. 19
Letters. Correspondence. 17
Musical compositions. 15
Notes. 15
Photocopies. 14
Photographs. 13
Copies. Derivative objects. 12
Parts. Scores. 11
Poetry. 11
Operas. Musical compositions. 10
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 9
Notebooks. 8
Typescripts. 8
Orchestral music. 6
Vocal scores. 6
Ballads. 5
Choral music. 5
Fair copies. 5
Microfilms. 5
Music books. 5
Audiocassettes. 4
Books 4
Overtures. Musical compositions. 4
Printed materials. Object genre. 4
Programmes. 4
Albums. 3
Dances. Musical compositions. 3
Marches. Musical compositions. 3
Melodies. 3
Piano music. 3
Piano scores. 3
Plays. 3
Publications. 3
Research notes 3
Transcripts 3
Vocal music. 3
concertos. Musical compositions. 3
Annotations. 2
Articles. 2
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Divertimentos. Musical compositions. 2
Excerpts. 2
Financial records. 2
Fragments. 2
Fugues. Musical compositions. 2
Journals. Accounts. 2
Keyboard music. 2
Librettos. Documents for music. 2
Postcards. 2
Press releases. 2
Programmes 2
Sheet music 2
Sheet music. 2
Short stories. 2
Strathspeys. Musical compositions. 2
Suites. Musical compositions. 2
Symphonic poems. 2
Trios. Musical compositions. 2
Violin music. 2
Accounts. 1
Administrative records. 1
Agendas. Administrative records. 1
Biographies. 1
Bookplates. 1
Books of hours. 1
Cadenzas. Musical compositions. 1
Catalogues. 1
Cello music. 1
Chamber music. 1
Dedications. Documents. 1
Dialogues. 1
Diaries. 1
Documents. 1
Drawings. Visual works. 1
Ephemera. 1
Extracts. 1
Fiddle music. 1
Fife music. 1
Great Highland Bagpipe music. Bagpipe music. 1
Greeting cards. Correspondence. 1
Histories. 1
Illuminations (painting). 1
Incidental music. 1
Indexes. Reference sources. 1
Indulgences. Documents. 1
Inscriptions. 1
Inverness. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Highland. Inhabited place. Longitude: -4.2500. Latitude: 57.4500. 1
Jacobite Rebellions. 1
Leaflets. 1
Lectures. 1
Lists. 1
Lyrics. Muscial compositions: Songs. 1
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Language
English 161
Undetermined 53
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 4
Multiple languages 3
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Names
Stevenson, Ronald J, composer and pianist, 1928-2015 19
Crawford, Robert Caldwell, composer, 1925-2012 5
Scott, Francis George, composer, 1880-1958 4
Skinner, James Scott (composer) 4
Harper, Edward, composer, 1941-2009 3
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Orr, Robert Kemsley, composer, 1909-2006 3
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 3
Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour, novelist, 1850–1894 3
Wallace, William Francis Stuart, composer, 1860-1940 3
Center, Ronald, composer, 1913-1973 2
Coles, Cecil Frederick, composer, 1888-1918 2
Collinson, Francis James Montgomery, musical director and musicologist, 1898-1984 2
Douglas, James, composer, b 1932 2
Erskine, Thomas Alexander, 6th Earl of Kellie, composer, 1732-1781 2
Fraser, Simon, piper, Warrnambool, Australia, d 1934 2
Gardner, Archibald Ward, physician, 1923-1994 2
Geddes, John Maxwell, composer, 1941-2017 2
Henschel, Sir George, Knight, musician, formerly Isidor Georg, 1850-1934 2
Innes, Andrew L, musician, fl 1853: collector 2
Kenneth, Archibald Graham, composer, 1915-1989 2
MacDonald, Donald, piper and bagpipe maker, ? 1766-1840 2
McLeod, John, composer, b 1934 2
Robertson, Margaret, compiler of collection of reels and songs, fl 1760-1840. 2
Soutar, William (poet) 2
Adair, Murray M W, Edinburgh, fl 1973-1974 1
Agrell, Johan Joachim, composer, 1701-1765 1
Alburger, Mary Anne, musician, fl 1960-2012: editor 1
Anderson, Thomas, Dunbar Volunteers, fl 1800 1
Bain, Harry, Pipe Major, fl 1980 1
Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour (statesman) 1
Bassin, Ethel Rose, collector of Scottish songs and music teacher, 1889-1974 1
Berlioz, Louis-Hector, composer, 1803-1869 1
Blake, William, engraver, artist and poet, 1757-1827 1
Bottomley, Gordon, author, 1874-1948 1
Boult, Sir Adrian Cedric, Knight, conductor, 1889-1983 1
Burns, James Steven, Kilmarnock, fl 1859 1
Busoni, Dante Michaelangelo Benvenuto Ferruccio, composer, 1866-1924 1
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 1
Campbell, Jean, harpist and teacher, fl 1959-1973 1
Campen, Ank Van, harpist, 1932-2010 1
Campsie, Alistair Keith, author, journalist and piper, b 1929: transcriber 1
Cannon, Angus F, piper, 9th Battalion, Royal Scots, fl 1900-1916 1
Carver, Robert (Composer) 1
Center, Evelyn Morrison, soprano, fl 1929-1993 1
Christie, family, of Cowden Castle, Clackmannanshire 1
Clerk, Sir John, 2nd Baronet, of Penicuik, 1676-1755 1
Coles, Penny Catherine, daughter of Cecil F, composer, 1917-2003. 1
Collinson, Thomas Henry, organist at St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh, 1858-1928 1
Cook, Elizabeth Crosby, Hassocks, Sussex, fl 1979-1981: recipient 1
Corrie, Anna, singer, wife of Haydn Corri, pianist and composer, née Adams (Adami), 1800-1867. 1
Courbard, Charles de, Bandmaster, Fechney Institution, Perth, fl 1895 1
Dare, Marie, composer, 1902-1976 1
Davie, Cedric Thorpe, composer, 1913-1983 1
Davies, Sir Peter Maxwell, Knight, composer, b 1934 1
Dawson, Andrew K, Alva, fl 1981-1991 1
Dempster, Barbara, correspondent of Andrew M MacCunn, composer and conductor, fl 1890-1894. 1
Dickie, James Fowlie, fiddler and mason, 1886-1983 1
Dow, John, owner of book of tunes for flute, fl 1722 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
Dunn, John Patrick, composer of sonata in G major for pianoforte and violin, fl 1902 1
Edinburgh Highland Reel and Strathspey Society 1
Edinburgh International Festival 1
Edinburgh Society of Organists: former owner 1
Ellis, Charlotte, former owner of volume of 28 tunes, fl 1760-1840. 1
Ernest, Gustav, composer of "Fantasia ed Fuga Dramatica", fl 1939 1
Evans, Richard, Revd, Director of Music at St Andrew's Episcopal Church, St Andrews 1
Fleming, Robert, Dundee, fl 1844-1861 1
Fletcher, Margaret A, compiler of a volume of Scottish tunes, fl 1896 1
Forsyth, Barbara, wife of William, Minister of Abernethy, née Asher, fl 1863-1875 1
Fraser, Hugh, Pipe Major, Royal Scots, d 1965 1
Gade, Niels Wilhelm, composer, 1817-1890 1
Glasgow Highland Club: former owner 1
Gonnella, Ronald, fiddler and composer, d 1994 1
Graham, James, 1st Marquess of Montrose, 1612-1650 1
Grant, Mary, of Cullen House, fl 1750. 1
Gray, William, Pipe Major, City of Glasgow Police Pipe Band, pseudonym Shamateur, 1883-1962 1
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 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
Hallgrímson, Haflidi, composer, b 1941 1
Hamilton, Adam, composer, 1820-1907 1
Harvey, William James, Jamaican plantation owner, fl 1817-1875 1
Heine, Heinrich, 1797-1856 (poet) 1
Henderson, John Murdoch, musician, 1902-1972 1
Hodge, Harry, composer, fl 1894-1922 1
Howie, John, owner of music book, fl 1850: former owner 1
Hume, Andrew, Dunbar, fl 1875-1878 1
Hume, Andrew, Dunbar, fl 1875-1878. 1
Hunter, Andrew R, Rosyth, fl 1979-1980 1
Innes, Andrew L, musician, fl 1853 1
J and R Glen, highland bagpipe makers 1
Johnson, David Charles, musician, 1942-2009 1
Johnston, John, former owner of "Of notes and there [sic] lengths", fl 1760-1840. 1
Kevan, Douglas K, composer, fl 1929-1965 1
King, Geoffrey, composer, b 1949 1
Lawson, A J, composer, fl 1991 1
Lorimer, William Laughton, Professor of Greek, University of St Andrews, 1885-1967 1
Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1848-1939 1
Mac Mhuirich, Ruaidhri Dall, harper, c 1656-1714 1
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