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 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 158 Collections and/or Records:

Fiddle music manuscript

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Identifier: Acc.13641
Scope and Contents Contains: 1. A manuscript of fiddle music, second half of the nineteenth century, containing many pieces of north-eastern Scottish origin, and some by William Marshall; incomplete at the beginning, pages numbered 9-40, [2]. 2. An arrangement for voice and piano, by the same scribe, of William Wadsworth Longfellow`s poem "The Bridge", beg. "I stood on the bridge at midnight". 3. Correspondence, 1977, between A.C.F. Masson, Elgin, and Ian Grant Smith, Edinburgh, with a photocopy of a letter,...
Dates: Later 19th century

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.

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.

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 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.