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:
Musical compositions of John Douglas Hamilton Dickson., [1885-1958].
File
Identifier: Acc.9770/19
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
John Douglas Hamilton Dickson, WS, was president of the Edinburgh Bach Society and chairman of the Reid Symphony Orchestra, amongst other musical interests. He was the son of James Douglas Hamilton Dickson.
Dates:
[1885-1958].
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of three members of the Hamilton Dickson family: Robert Douglas Hamilton; James Douglas Hamilton Dickson; and John Douglas Hamilton Dickson.
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Papers of John Douglas Hamilton Dickson; including papers of the Edinburgh Bach Society and the Reid Symphony Orchestra.
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Papers of John Douglas Hamilton Dickson.
Musical compositions of Ronald Center., Mid 20th century-[?1973], undated
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22171-22193
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], undated
Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn.
Series
Identifier: MSS.22171-22194
Scope and Contents
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-1988, undated.
'Nocturne for baritone and guitar on a text by Wordsworth' and “Spring music for flute, clarinet, viola and 'cello” by David Johnson, in his autograph.
File
Identifier: MS.22080
Dates:
1968.
Notebook of Rose Ethel Bassin, containing children’s songs, obtained from Annie Johnston, Barra, and others., 1924-1931.
Item
Identifier: MS.14924
Scope and Contents
Most of the songs are revised copies of songs noted in MSS.14910-14913. They include ‘Na mucan beaga’ (folio 2 recto); ‘Brochan lom’ (folio 2 verso); ‘A chalumain, a ghille ghrinn’ (folio 3 recto); ‘An fheannag’ (folio 3 verso); ‘An laugh beag’ (folio 3 verso); “Mo thasdan bòidheach” (folios 5 recto, 30 recto); ‘Uisdean Friseal’ (folio 5 verso); ‘Mo bhalachan’ (folios 7 recto, 31 recto); “Nighean an Fhìdhleir” (folio 9 recto); “Clach mhìn mheallain” (folio 10 recto, 35 recto); “Tobar, tobar,...
Dates:
1924-1931.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Rose Ethel Bassin, Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music, Associate of the Royal College of Music (1889-1974), music-teacher, song-collector, and biographer of Frances Tolmie.
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Notebooks and music books of Rose Ethel Bassin, containing chiefly Gaelic songs and music.
Notebook, undated, of Evelyn Stewart-Murray containing Gaelic grammatical notes, exercises and music., Late 19th century-early 20th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.14889
Scope and Contents
The grammatical notes and exercises are on folios 1-106, and the music is on folios 107-123.The contents are as follows.(i) Small envelope bearing Evelyn Stewart Murray's address (folio i);(ii) Tale headed ‘An t-seana bhantrach’ (folio 1), and an English translation entitled ‘The poor widow’ (folio 2);(iii) Moral tale headed “Tha irioslachd agus bochdainn a' trearachadh gu neamh” (folio 3) and an English translation, “Humility and poverty lead...
Dates:
Late 19th century-early 20th century.
'Nursery toys' by Maude Beswick, six piano pieces for children, undated, including versions for piano and violin, and for piano, violin and cello., Mid 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.21637
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.
Opening sections apparently of the first and third movements of a suite for piano and quantities of miscellaneous unidentified music of Ian Whyte., Mid 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.22092
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Apart from the film music, which is datable to 1947-1948 from the accompanying correspondence and papers (MSS.22085-22086), almost all the music is undated; but from the ink used, some of it may be dated to about the same period.
Except where otherwise stated the music is written as for keyboard.
Dates:
Mid 20th century.
Orchestral and band music of David Stephen., 1913-1940, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22155-22156
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the compositions appear to be unpublished.
Dates:
1913-1940, undated.
Orchestral and band music of David Stephen., 1927-1940, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.22155
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Short score, with instrumentation indicated in red ink, of 'Sinfonietta', an orchestral work in three movements, 1927-1928 (folio 1);
(ii) Full score of 'A Scottish pastoral', an orchestral work in one movement, 1940 (folio 15);
(iii) Full score of 'In honorem' a work in one movement for band (folio 25), undated but would appear to have been composed during or shortly after the First World War.
Dates:
1927-1940, undated.
Orchestral music of G W Crawford., [?1892-?1941.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21881-21910
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the compositions of G W Crawford are written on a large scale and the collection consists chiefly of full scores, piano reductions and orchestral parts. There are very few drafts or sketches: almost all the compositions are in their final form, and many are in the hands of copyists. Most of the works are undated. Those dates that appear (usually on the last page or leaf) range from 1892 to 1941, but it is rarely clear whether these are of composition, revision or performance. Almost...
Dates:
[?1892-?1941.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
Orchestral parts, for strings, woodwind and horn, of 'Prepare ye to serve'., 1st quarter of 20th century-3rd quarter of 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.22001
Scope and Contents
Many of the parts are written on the backs of copies of the last sheet of an unidentified printed work apparently for keyboard, possibly by Leonard Butler.
Dates:
1st quarter of 20th century-3rd quarter of 20th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Scores of operatic works by James A Moonie, and autograph and fair copies of scores, and correspondence of his son William B Moonie.
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Autograph and fair copies of scores and parts, and correspondence, of William B Moonie.
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Scores and orchestral parts of works composed or arranged by W B Moonie.
Orchestral parts of the Triumphal march from the Second Suite in C major, and draft full score of the first section of ‘At the ball’, by G W Crawford., [?1892-?1941.]
File
Identifier: MS.21905
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the compositions of G W Crawford are written on a large scale and the collection consists chiefly of full scores, piano reductions and orchestral parts. There are very few drafts or sketches: almost all the compositions are in their final form, and many are in the hands of copyists. Most of the works are undated. Those dates that appear (usually on the last page or leaf) range from 1892 to 1941, but it is rarely clear whether these are of composition, revision or performance. Almost...
Dates:
[?1892-?1941.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
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Orchestral music of G W Crawford.
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Miscellaneous orchestral music of G W Crawford.
Orchestral parts, undated, of a setting of ‘Tullochgorum’., 1st quarter of 20th century-3rd quarter of 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.22006
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Some of the scores are incomplete.
Dates:
1st quarter of 20th century-3rd quarter of 20th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Scores of operatic works by James A Moonie, and autograph and fair copies of scores, and correspondence of his son William B Moonie.
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Autograph and fair copies of scores and parts, and correspondence, of William B Moonie.
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Scores and orchestral parts of works composed or arranged by W B Moonie.
Orchestral, vocal and other music scores of Ian Whyte., 1947-1951, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22082-22093
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Apart from the film music, which is datable to 1947-1948 from the accompanying correspondence and papers (MSS.22085-22086), almost all the music is undated; but from the ink used, some of it may be dated to about the same period.
Except where otherwise stated the music is written as for keyboard.
Dates:
1947-1951, undated.
Orchestral, vocal and other music scores of Ian Whyte, and papers and music of his son, Don Whyte, chiefly undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.22082-22094
Scope and Contents
Apart from the film music, which is datable to 1947-1948 from the accompanying correspondence and papers (MSS.22085-22086), almost all the music is undated; but from the ink used, some of it may be dated to about the same period.
Except where otherwise stated the music is written as for keyboard.
Dates:
1947-1960, undated.
Orchestration by James Skinner Paterson of a selection of tunes by James Scott Skinner., Late 19th century-1st quarter of 20th century
File
Identifier: MS.21678
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:
Late 19th century-1st quarter of 20th century
Original musical illustrations of John Glen’s 'Early Scottish melodies', as well as other pieces, all in the handwriting of John Glen., [1900, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.1784
Scope and Contents
Glen, John. 'Early Scottish melodies' (Edinburgh, 1900).
Dates:
[1900, or before.]
Papers, mostly of Marshall Anderson, from the Attic Archive, Dundee.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 1-Box 51(19)
Scope and Contents
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:
Circa 1980-2010.
Papers of John Douglas Hamilton Dickson., [1885]-1958.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.9770/18-22
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
John Douglas Hamilton Dickson, WS, was president of the Edinburgh Bach Society and chairman of the Reid Symphony Orchestra, amongst other musical interests. He was the son of James Douglas Hamilton Dickson.
Dates:
[1885]-1958.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of three members of the Hamilton Dickson family: Robert Douglas Hamilton; James Douglas Hamilton Dickson; and John Douglas Hamilton Dickson.
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Papers of John Douglas Hamilton Dickson; including papers of the Edinburgh Bach Society and the Reid Symphony Orchestra.
Papers of John Murdoch Henderson.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21669-21713
Scope and Contents
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:
17th century-1972.
Papers of Rose Ethel Bassin, Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music, Associate of the Royal College of Music (1889-1974), music-teacher, song-collector, and biographer of Frances Tolmie.
Series
Identifier: MSS.14910-14946
Scope and Contents
Rose Ethel Bassin was born in Edinburgh of Ukrainian extraction, and studied music under Marjory Kennedy-Fraser and others. She taught in schools in England (1907-1911, 1919-1920), Edinburgh (1915), Newton Stewart (1916-1919), Stornoway (1920-1924) and Skye (1924-1927). During 1927-1934 she lectured in the University of British Columbia. After some time in London she spent the war years teaching in Harris, the Uist and Barra. She moved to Dingwall Academy in 1945, finally becoming Music...
Dates:
1926-1968, undated.
Papers of the Edinburgh Harmonists’ Society., 1829-1961, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21643-21664
Scope and Contents
The Edinburgh Harmonists’ Society was founded in 1822 as the direct successor to the Catch Club and thereby of the Edinburgh Musical Society which began in 1728. It continued until 1950, when it became part of the Edinburgh Musical Society to which it transferred its papers and above all its valuable library, much of which had belonged to the Catch Club.
Dates:
1829-1961, undated.
Papers of the Edinburgh Society of Musicians.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.21580-21668
Scope and Contents
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:
1887-1982.
Papers of Thomas H Collinson, organist of St Mary's (Episcopal) Cathedral and conductor of the Edinburgh Royal Choral Union.
File
Identifier: MS.21880
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Unfinished copy of 'Thou O God art praised in Sion' (Psalm 65) by Thomas H Collinson, an exercise for the degree of Bachelor of Music, Oxford, 1877 (folio 1), followed by drafts of several of the sections (folio 68). The unfinished parts of the scoring have been supplied in pencil, apparently by the composer's son Francis M Collinson. Folios 21-24 appear to be from an earlier copy in the composer's autograph.(ii) Setting for choir and...
Dates:
1877-1928, undated.