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Extracts, 1839, from the lute book, 1627-1629, of Robert Gordon of Straloch, transcribed in tablature by George Farquhar Graham.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.5.2.18
Scope and Contents
The manuscript consists of 30 pieces for lute, some dances, some song tunes, mostly Scottish, but including William Basse`s
`Hunter`s Career` (folios 18 verso-19). It includes an introduction giving a history of the original manuscript, some explanation of lute
tablature, and a list of the original contents.
Robert Gordon`s original manuscript is now lost.
Dates:
1839.
Leyden Song Book: a collection of songs, instrumental pieces, and psalms, possibly compiled by Williane Stirling, with later additions.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.5.2.14
Scope and Contents
The contents are:1. 54 songs and instrumental pieces (folios 1-25 verso), of which the following have been identified:`My love bound me`, Robert Jones, ‘Second Book of Songs’, 1601 (folio 4 verso);`Do not O do not praise`, Robert Jones, ‘Ultimum Vale’, 1608 (folio 5);`There is none, O none but you`, Thomas Campion, ‘Second Book of Airs’, 1610 (folio 6);`Vaine men whose follies`, Thomas Campion, ‘Second Book of Airs’,...
Dates:
Circa 1639.