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Five short pieces of music by James Douglas, written for, or dedicated to, Professor D C Simpson and his wife.
Two of the pieces are photocopies.
Four manuscript music books, collected by William Arnot Watterston.
Books contain four part arrangements for violin, cello and flute of 230 airs, songs, reels and strathspeys.
Four music books.
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.
Four music part-books (1st, 2nd violins, viola and cello).
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.
Fragmentary full score of ‘Tita’, the first opera by Ladislao Zavertal, composer and conductor.
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.
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.
With photocopy of letter, 1979, of Sir Adrian Boult to Elizabeth Crosby Cook, concerning Porteous.
Full opera score of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi with German libretto.
Full orchestral score of "Bannockburn: Tales of Scotland No 1", by J Murray Ritchie.
Full score and parts of Sir John Clerk, "Odo di Mesto Intorno" (1698), as edited by Mary Anne Aeburger.
Full score of 'Cometh the morrow?' for soli, chorus and orchestra by Robert McLeod.
Full score of Francis Collinson, "Jock o` the Side", for solo voice, chorus, and two harps.
Full score of orchestral accompaniment to Sir Alexander C MacKenzie, "The Empire Flag".
Full score of the overture of Niels W Gade, "Nachklänge von Ossian", copy apparently by Friedrich Welschke.
Gaelic songs and music, with some translations, collected and arranged by Duncan M Morison, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Includes musical pieces composed by Morison.
Hannay-MacAuslan Piobaireachd Manuscript, attributed to Donald MacDonald.
“Invernessshire grand march compos’d expressly for, and dedicated (by permission) to Lt.-Col. Duff. By M[ichael] Kelly”, arranged in full military band score.
John Rose, full score of "Spem in alium".
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.
John Smith`s Pibroch manuscript.
Collection of pibrochs containing copies of known tunes and possibly some of the compiler`s own work.
Letter, 1916, of William Wallace concerning his symphonic poem 'Villon', with the first page of the full score, [1909].
Letters of Francis George Scott and Roger Quilter to John Tainsh
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.
Letters of Ronald Stevenson, with manuscript of `The Continents` piano concerto and other papers.
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.