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Musical compositions.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: General term for the creation and conceptual arrangements of music into works to be performed.

Found in 240 Collections and/or Records:

Transcripts of reels, strathspeys and other miscellaneous music, chiefly undated, compiled circa 1950-circa 1970, chiefly in the hand of John Murdoch Henderson, including a note of the Scottish tunes from ‘Pills to purge melancholy’, 1719-1720, by Thomas D'Urfey., 1719-1956, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.21700
Scope and Contents From the Series: The papers consist of the transcriptions, arrangements, and research notes compiled by John Murdoch Henderson between the mid 1920s and his death in 1972. Henderson's particular interest was in music for the Scottish fiddle, and in addition to extensive work on the older sources of such music, he was an authority on the compositions of his contemporaries, who seem frequently to have sought his advice. In addition to his own material, the collection contains many autograph compositions of...
Dates: 1719-1956, undated.

Transcripts, possibly by Harie Maule, of a total of 111 pieces for bass viol by Jean de Ste Colombe., 4th quarter of the 17th century.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.9468-9469
Scope and Contents

Some of the music consists of versions for a single instrument of de Ste Colombe's 'Concerts’ for two bass viols. The remaining pieces are otherwise unknown.

Dates: 4th quarter of the 17th century.

Transcripts, possibly by Harie Maule, of pieces for bass viol by Jean de Ste Colombe., 4th quarter of the 17th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.9468
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Some of the music consists of versions for a single instrument of de Ste Colombe's 'Concerts’ for two bass viols. The remaining pieces are otherwise unknown.

Dates: 4th quarter of the 17th century.

Transcripts, possibly by Harie Maule, of pieces for bass viol by Jean de Ste Colombe., 4th quarter of the 17th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.9469
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Some of the music consists of versions for a single instrument of de Ste Colombe's 'Concerts’ for two bass viols. The remaining pieces are otherwise unknown.

Dates: 4th quarter of the 17th century.

Twenty-three pieces of music, chiefly dances, in French lute tablature., Mid 17th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.9451
Scope and Contents

Composers named are Gautier le vieux, Gautier d'Angleterre, Vincent, Pinel, Hautman, and Bouvier.

Dates: Mid 17th century.

Unbound manuscript music., 1743-19th century, undated

 File
Identifier: MS.3352 [Ing.305]
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Military airs, almost all mentioned in the history of military music (MS.3353) which they were intended to illustrate. They are taken from various sources, such as the Dalhousie and Macfarlane manuscripts and a manuscript music-book of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, and include transcripts of two manuscripts of William Byrd's Battle Piece. So far as possible, they have been arranged in the order in which they are mentioned in MS.3353, to the sections...
Dates: 1743-19th century, undated

Various musical compositions of James Scott Skinner., 1870, [circa 1900], 1924, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.22078, folios 50-72
Scope and Contents

Some of the compositions are written on leaves from a music book and others are written on the backs of printed sheets.

Dates: 1870, [circa 1900], 1924, undated.

Various piano reductions, parts and arrangements for musical works by G W Crawford., [?1892-?1941.]

 File
Identifier: MS.21907
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Piano reduction (folio 1) and arrangement for brass band (folio 15) of ‘In varying moods’;

(ii) Piano reduction and some orchestral parts (strings and some wind) of the march ‘Now or never’ (folio 25);

(iii) Piano reductions, the first of which is dated ‘12/2/11’ (folio 38), of ‘Coronation march (folio 35).

Dates: [?1892-?1941.]

Vocal music of John Davidson, consisting of hymns and other religious compositions and settings of songs., [?1871-?1926.]

 File
Identifier: MS.22071
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: John Davidson, a member of the family of J & A Davidson, coal merchants and shipping agents, Aberdeen, was an amateur musician and composer. His preferred medium appears to have been the string quartet, but he composed and arranged pieces also for other combinations of instruments, chiefly strings. A number of pieces appear in more than one form. The collection contains both full scores and parts.The earliest and latest dates discernible are 1871 and 1926, but almost...
Dates: [?1871-?1926.]

Volume of 'Opera songs' belonging to Hugh Rose of Kilravock (died 1755), whose name as Hugh Rose of Geddes, with the date 25 November 1738, are on the inside of the back cover.

 Item
Identifier: MS.21748
Scope and Contents

The songs are set with a melody line and bass only, and consist of excerpts from works of many of the major opera composers of the first third of the 18th century, notably Hasse, Handel, Porpora and Vinci.

One or two small dances have been put into blank spaces, and on page 1 there is a set of variations by William McGibbon on a theme by Corelli.

Dates: 1738.