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:
Music album on CD-ROM, 'Sounds of the studio, volume 1.', compiled by Room 13., 2006.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 41(5)
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The Attic Archive evolved organically from the activities of Pete Horobin, beginning in 1978. When Horobin's association ended, the archive was continued in turn by Marshall Anderson, Peter Haining and, lastly, aitch. Each change of custody coincided with the start of a new phase of activity, each phase undertaken, usually, over ten years.The papers of the Attic Archive are now dispersed through various cultural institutions, each having a particular association with the archive,...
Dates:
2006.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers, mostly of Marshall Anderson, from the Attic Archive, Dundee.
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Box containing a file of 'Writings' of Marshall Anderson, with assorted analogue and digital media.
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CD-ROMs containing material relating to 'Room 13' project of Marshall Anderson.
Music album on CD-ROM, 'Sounds of the studio, volume 2.', compiled by Room 13., 2007.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 41(6)
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The Attic Archive evolved organically from the activities of Pete Horobin, beginning in 1978. When Horobin's association ended, the archive was continued in turn by Marshall Anderson, Peter Haining and, lastly, aitch. Each change of custody coincided with the start of a new phase of activity, each phase undertaken, usually, over ten years.The papers of the Attic Archive are now dispersed through various cultural institutions, each having a particular association with the archive,...
Dates:
2007.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers, mostly of Marshall Anderson, from the Attic Archive, Dundee.
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Box containing a file of 'Writings' of Marshall Anderson, with assorted analogue and digital media.
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CD-ROMs containing material relating to 'Room 13' project of Marshall Anderson.
Music and other papers of John Davidson and James Scott Skinner.
Series
Identifier: MSS.22076-22077
Dates:
1896, 1917, 1922, undated.
Music and papers on music, chiefly undated, of F G Scott., [1913-1951.]
File
Identifier: MS.22019
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Short score of the overture ‘Renaissance’ (folio 1);(ii) Settings of songs (folio 12) and various musical compositions and transcriptions (folio 34);(iii) Letter and draft prospectus, 1944, of William Maclellan (folio 55);(iv) Lectures (folio 61);(v) Notes and other writings on music (folio 68);(vi) Extracts from music reference books (folios 100).Some of the musical...
Dates:
[1913-1951.]
Music book of John Davidson containing various pieces for woodwind and strings, for violin and piano, and for string quartet., [?1871-?1926.]
Item
Identifier: MS.22022
Scope and Contents
A leaf, part of a bifolium, has been stitched in at the end (folio 25).
Dates:
[?1871-?1926.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Musical compositions and other papers, 1871-1926, undated, of John Davidson; and correspondence and compositions [circa 1883- circa 1917], undated, of James Scott Skinner.
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Musical compositions and other papers, chiefly undated, of John Davidson.
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Music of John Davidson chiefly for string quartet.
Music books containing fiddle music written by William McKinley, with a quantity of loose sheets of music and accompanying material.
Series
Identifier: MSS.22137-22141
Dates:
19th century-1943.
Music books of John Davidson containing parts of an arrangement for string quartet of the overture and other pieces from J F Lampe's burlesque opera 'The Dragon of Wantley', first produced in 1737; and arrangements of Davidson’s Sonata Number 8 for violin and piano, and of pieces by Mozart and Weber., [?1910.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22034-22037
Scope and Contents
The music is undated but may have been written about 1910.
Dates:
[?1910.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Musical compositions and other papers, 1871-1926, undated, of John Davidson; and correspondence and compositions [circa 1883- circa 1917], undated, of James Scott Skinner.
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Musical compositions and other papers, chiefly undated, of John Davidson.
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Music of John Davidson chiefly for string quartet.
Music books of John Davidson containing parts of arrangements for string quartet of Davidson's own compositions originally for other combinations of instruments, of operatic and other pieces by various composers, and of some songs., [?1871-?1926.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22038-22041
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.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Musical compositions and other papers, 1871-1926, undated, of John Davidson; and correspondence and compositions [circa 1883- circa 1917], undated, of James Scott Skinner.
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Musical compositions and other papers, chiefly undated, of John Davidson.
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Music of John Davidson chiefly for string quartet.
Music by Hungarian composers gathered, circa 1902-1921, by Emma Gruber, first wife of Zoltán Kodály.
File
Identifier: MS.21579
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Music by Emma Gruber herself, including 'Albumblatt', for piano, 1902; 'Märchen' for voice and piano, 1908, sketch only; the song 'Kicsi Viragom', undated, for voice and piano; drafts of several movements for string quartet, chiefly in score, though including a version of one movement for piano duet; and other unidentified scraps (folio 1);(ii) Pieces by Zoltán Kodály: Valsette for piano Op. 3, 1910; and a short piece for the collection...
Dates:
1902-1921.
Music by James Scott Skinner., 1894-1943, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.21680
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Autograph music and notes, 1894-1924, undated, by Scott Skinner, including signed photographs, and a note, 1915, (folio 3) on his publications. (Folio 1.)(ii) Tunes, 1904-1943, undated, by Scott Skinner in various hands, chiefly John Murdoch Henderson's. (Folio 23.)(iii) Two collections of pieces, undated, some for keyboard, and some for violin solo, by various composers, but the vast majority by Scott Skinner. Much of the...
Dates:
1894-1943, undated.
Music by James Skinner Paterson, schoolmaster at Rathven., [Circa 1905.]
File
Identifier: MS.21677
Scope and Contents
The music consists of orchestrations of selections from William Marshall (folio 1); 'Monymusk' (folio 9), and 'Tynet' (folio 15), two suites of strathspeys; with a collection of James Paterson’s fiddle tunes in John Murdoch Henderson's hand (folio 23).
Dates:
[Circa 1905.]
Music by Maude Beswick, all apparently autograph., Mid 20th century.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21633-21641
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
These papers, the surviving archive of the Edinburgh Society of Musicians, run from the foundation of the Society in 1887 - though it includes a small amount of earlier material - to 1982, and in addition to providing a very full account of the Society's own history, it contains much concerning the history of music-making in Edinburgh in the 20th Century. Included in the collection are the papers of the Edinburgh Harmonists' Society which could trace its descent from the Edinburgh Musical...
Dates:
Mid 20th century.
Music, chiefly of W B Moonie and Maude Beswick., 1918-mid 20th century, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21627-21642
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
These papers, the surviving archive of the Edinburgh Society of Musicians, run from the foundation of the Society in 1887 - though it includes a small amount of earlier material - to 1982, and in addition to providing a very full account of the Society's own history, it contains much concerning the history of music-making in Edinburgh in the 20th Century. Included in the collection are the papers of the Edinburgh Harmonists' Society which could trace its descent from the Edinburgh Musical...
Dates:
1918-mid 20th century, undated.
Music composed by various 20th-century Scottish fiddlers., 1894-[circa 1963], undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21673-21681
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:
1894-[circa 1963], undated.
Music composed for the film ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’ by Ian Whyte., 1948.
File
Identifier: MS.22086
Scope and Contents
Many of the sheets are photostat copies.
Dates:
1948.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Orchestral, vocal and other music scores of Ian Whyte, and papers and music of his son, Don Whyte, chiefly undated.
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Orchestral, vocal and other music scores of Ian Whyte.
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Correspondence and papers concerning, and music for, the film 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' produced by London Film Productions, Ltd.
Music for 'Macbeth'., Undated.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9830/62
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Papers from the archives of the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, 1965-1985 (with one item from 1951). Includes playscripts, photographs, programmes, posters and promotional artwork.
Dates:
Undated.
Music for strings, other than quartets, of John Davidson., [?1871-?1926.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22047-22050
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.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Musical compositions and other papers, 1871-1926, undated, of John Davidson; and correspondence and compositions [circa 1883- circa 1917], undated, of James Scott Skinner.
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Musical compositions and other papers, chiefly undated, of John Davidson.
Music manuscript sketch-book containing sketches possibly for a work on Mary Queen of Scots., Mid 20th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.22192
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.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn.
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Musical compositions of Ronald Center.
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Drafts, sketches and fragments of musical compositions of Ronald Center.
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Drafts, sketches and fragments of unidentified works by Ronald Center.
Music manuscript sketch-book, undated, of Ronald Center containing sketches for a work on Mary Queen of Scots, sketches for a string quartet and the first movement of a Sinfonia da Camera., [?1973.]
Item
Identifier: MS.22191
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Sketches for a work on Mary Queen of Scots (folios 1, 7-9; cf. MS.22189, folio 7 and MS.22192);
(ii) Sketches for a string quartet (folio 1 verso)
(iii) The first movement of a Sinfonia da Camera (folio 5).
All are undated, but may belong to the last year of Ronald Center's life.
A leaf has been torn out before folio 1.
Dates:
[?1973.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn.
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Musical compositions of Ronald Center.
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Drafts, sketches and fragments of musical compositions of Ronald Center.
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Drafts, sketches and fragments of unidentified works by Ronald Center.
Music of John Davidson chiefly for string quartet., [?1871-?1926.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22022-22046
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.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Musical compositions and other papers, 1871-1926, undated, of John Davidson; and correspondence and compositions [circa 1883- circa 1917], undated, of James Scott Skinner.
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Musical compositions and other papers, chiefly undated, of John Davidson.
Music of John Davidson for violin and piano., [?1871-?1926.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22051-22057
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.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Musical compositions and other papers, 1871-1926, undated, of John Davidson; and correspondence and compositions [circa 1883- circa 1917], undated, of James Scott Skinner.
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Musical compositions and other papers, chiefly undated, of John Davidson.
Music of Joseph Macleod., 1940-1951, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10509/143-154
Music of W B Moonie., 1918, [circa 1920].
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21627-21632
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
These papers, the surviving archive of the Edinburgh Society of Musicians, run from the foundation of the Society in 1887 - though it includes a small amount of earlier material - to 1982, and in addition to providing a very full account of the Society's own history, it contains much concerning the history of music-making in Edinburgh in the 20th Century. Included in the collection are the papers of the Edinburgh Harmonists' Society which could trace its descent from the Edinburgh Musical...
Dates:
1918, [circa 1920].
Musical compositions and other papers, 1871-1926, undated, of John Davidson; and correspondence and compositions [circa 1883- circa 1917], undated, of James Scott Skinner.
Series
Identifier: MSS.22022-22075
Dates:
1871-1926, undated.
Musical compositions and other papers, chiefly undated, of John Davidson., 1871-1926, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22022-22074
Scope and Contents
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, undated.