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Music books.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Books or booklets, bound or unbound, in which personal compositions or favourite musical pieces by other composers are recorded in some form of musical notation. Most commonly the pages are pre marked with music staves to be completed in manuscript; but volumes of blank pages in which only musical compositions in manuscript have been recorded should be considered music books too. Other than stave notation, other notations might include tablature, canntaireachd, etc. Where only songs have been recorded use 'Songbooks'.

Found in 242 Collections and/or Records:

'Collection of Ancient Piobaireachd Music, arranged by D.S. Macdonald, Pipe Major, First Battn. the Royal Scots', Edinburgh., 1882.

 File
Identifier: MS.3110
Scope and Contents

This collection is apparently as prepared for publication, and has at the beginning instructions for blowing and keeping the pipes in order, and various exercises on piobaireachd. It contains 64 tunes, among them two which are not from Angus Mackay's manuscripts.

Dates: 1882.

'Collection of Scotch airs, with the latest variations. Written for the use of Walter McFarlan of that Ilk by David Young, W[riting] M[aster] in Ednr.', 1740, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.2084-2085
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.

Dates: 1740, undated.

'Collection of Scots Tunes, with Variations, for the Violin. 1775.'

 Item
Identifier: MS.21840
Scope and Contents The title is taken from folio i. 'Scots music, Vol.I' appears on the front cover.The tunes, some of which are copied from ‘A curious collection of Scots tunes. With variations, for the violin (etc.)’, first published by Robert Bremner in 1759, are written in simple treble notation and are preceded by an index arranged alphabetically by title at folio i verso, written, like the rest of the volume, in a calligraphic hand.The leaves appear to consist of sheets stuck...
Dates: 18th century.

Collections of music for fiddle.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.21714-21732
Dates: [Circa 1705-before 1977], undated.

Collections of music for flute and fife.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.21733-21744
Dates: [Circa 1795]-1835, undated.

Drafts, sketches and fragments of identified works by Ronald Center., Mid 20th century-[?1971], undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22187-22190
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Dates: Mid 20th century-[?1971], undated.

Drafts, sketches and fragments of musical compositions of Ronald Center., 1951-1973, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22187-22193
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Dates: 1951-1973, undated.

Drafts, sketches and fragments of unidentified works by Ronald Center., Mid 20th century-[?1973].

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22191-22193
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Dates: Mid 20th century-[?1973].

“Duncan Clark’s musick book”., 1813.

 Item
Identifier: MS.21740
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The music is almost the same in each volume. It would appear from annotations in MS.21742 that the music was played by the Morvern Company of the 42nd Regiment (the Black Watch).

Dates: 1813.

Gaelic and Irish songs and some of George Campbell Hay's poems set to music., 1936-1947.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26741-26743
Scope and Contents

George Campbell Hay was a self-taught piper and by 1940 had acquired an impressive repertoire of songs. In the late 1930's he began to compose settings both for his own and traditional poems. Some of the settings of the poems set to music are traditional.

Dates: 1936-1947.