Choral music.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Musical compositions specifically composed or arranged for choir, regardless of the notation in which they are recorded.
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Arrangements of "A Scottish Cantata or Choral-Ballad ‘Lochinvar’" by G W Crawford, being settings of the poem by Sir Walter Scott., [?1892-?1941.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21920-21921
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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Music for voices by G W Crawford.
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Choral music of G W Crawford.
Autograph scores of musical compositions by David Stephen, Director of Music to the Carnegie Trust, Dunfermline.
Series
Identifier: MSS.22153-22162
Scope and Contents
Most of the compositions appear to be unpublished.
Dates:
1899-1943, undated.
Choral music of David Stephen., [?1899], 1920.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22153-22154
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the compositions appear to be unpublished.
Dates:
[?1899], 1920.
Choral music of G W Crawford., [?1892-?1941.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21920-21923
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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Music for voices by G W Crawford.
Choral settings, undated, of a few poems and some religious texts, chiefly for soprano, alto, tenor and bass, with, in some cases, accompaniment, usually organ, by Ronald Center., Mid 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.22173
Scope and Contents
All settings are undated, but the ink used indicates that at least some were composed about 1950.
Dates:
Mid 20th century.
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.
Final versions of musical compositions of Ronald Center., Mid 20th century-[?1973], undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22171-22186
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.
Full score of a setting of ‘The ship’, 'a choral epilogue' for two soprano voices (or choirs), chorus and orchestra, with words by Edward Albert., [?1931.]
Item
Identifier: MS.22011
Scope and Contents
The work was composed for the Masque of the Edinburgh Merchant Company, 16 and 17 December 1931. A score of the work with piano accompaniment was published the same year.
Dates:
[?1931.]
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.
Full score of ‘Missa Solemnis’, Opus 4, by David Stephen, for solo voices, chorus and orchestra., [?1899.]
Item
Identifier: MS.22153
Scope and Contents
A proof copy of the title page is pasted inside the front cover (the work was published in 1899).
The text of the Mass is written in an imitation Gothic hand on the flyleaves.
In addition to the conductor’s markings in blue pencil, numerous brief corrections and additions have been written or pasted in throughout. Folio 11 is a half-sheet tipped in, and folios 38 and 85 each consist of two leaves stuck together.
Dates:
[?1899.]
Heavily corrected setting for voices and piano, interleaved with a fair copy of the full score of a setting for baritone solo, chorus and orchestra, of the ballad 'Sir Patrick Spans' by David Stephen., 1920.
File
Identifier: MS.22154
Scope and Contents
Apparently composed, or completed, in 1920, according to a deleted note at folio 48. The orchestral accompaniment in short score was published the same year.
An anglicized printed copy of the ballad, with numerous amendments in ink restoring the original Scots words, is at folio 2.
Many substantial corrections to the keyboard version are written on fragments of paper pasted to the leaves, and folio 28 is an addition written on a scrap of paper tipped in.
Dates:
1920.
‘Lochinvar’ by G W Crawford, a setting for chorus and orchestra., [?1892-?1941.]
Item
Identifier: MS.21920
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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Music for voices by G W Crawford.
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Choral music of G W Crawford.
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Arrangements of "A Scottish Cantata or Choral-Ballad ‘Lochinvar’" by G W Crawford, being settings of the poem by Sir Walter Scott.
Music for parish church choirs composed by the Revd Richard Evans, Director of Music at St Andrew's Episcopal Church, St. Andrews.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14267
Content Description
Photocopies and print-outs of manuscript or typeset choral music composed by the Reverend Richard Evans, Director of Music from 1995-2020 at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, St. Andrews. The compilation was edited in 2020 by Dr Jane Pettegree, Choir Director, to celebrate Evans's retirement and 25 years in post. It includes a biographical note of the composer.The volume contains: St Margaret's Mass, St Andrew's Liturgy (2018), Evensong Preces and Responses (2016), Choral Amens,...
Dates:
2020
Music for voices by G W Crawford., [?1892-?1941.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21920-21924
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.
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.
Photocopies of autograph scores of four choral works by Shena Fraser.
File
Identifier: MS.22147
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) 'Carillon’, a choral suite for women's or school choir and keyboard, 1956, which was published in 1958 (folio 1);(ii) 'To him give praise’, a choral suite for women's voices, strings and piano, 1959, which was published 1960 (folio 49);(iii) 'I saw a fair maiden’, for soprano, alto, tenor and bass, with tenor solo, which was published 1965 (folio 75); (iv) 'A quartette of carols', for treble voices and piano,...
Dates:
1956-[1965, or before], undated.
Settings by G W Crawford of various songs for choirs and other groups of voices., [?1892-?1941.]
File
Identifier: MS.21922
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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Music for voices by G W Crawford.
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Choral music of G W Crawford.
Sketches and drafts of identified piano and choral works of Ronald Center., [?1951-?1966.]
File
Identifier: MS.22187
Scope and Contents
Some works are written on conventional paper, but many are written on the backs of duplicated programmes of concerts and recitals given by his pupils at Huntly Gordon School at various times between 1951 and 1966.
A contents list has been provided (folio i). The dates are those of the sheets on which the sketches have been written.
Dates:
[?1951-?1966.]
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 identified works by Ronald Center.
Sketches and drafts of Ronald Centre for identified choral works, works for string orchestra, string quartets numbers 2 and 3, and a suite for solo cello., [?1957-?1971.]
File
Identifier: MS.22190
Scope and Contents
A contents list has been provided (folio i): the dates are those of the sheets (concert or recital programmes, and wedding stationery) on the backs of which the sketches have been drafted.
Dates:
[?1957-?1971.]
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 identified works by Ronald Center.
Sound recordings concerning the life and career of Professor John Read, and his interest in alchemical music.
Collection
Identifier: UNLS036
Dates:
1935-1960.
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.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21881-21974
Scope and Contents
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, undated.
Two songs arranged for senior choral competition by Anna Nic Diarmaid (Anne MacDearmid)., 1980
Item
Identifier: Acc.13695/79
Scope and Contents
Two songs (puirt-à-beul) for choir of four voices, arranged by Anna Nic Diarmaid (Anne MacDearmid) in 1980 for the Senior Choral competition in 1981:Song beginning 'Nighean donn à Sgùlamas / Tha list o thabobh a cùil oirre'. 2 stanzas of 4 lines, with a chorus of 4 lines beginning 'Cha toir Iain Mór an nighean dhomh / Cha toir, cha toir, cha toir, cha toir'. The author is stated to be Mairead Arnott.Song, stated to be traditional, beginning 'Tha biodag air Mac...
Dates:
1980
Vocal score of ‘Lochinvar’ by G W Crawford, for voice and piano accompaniment., [?1892-?1941.]
Item
Identifier: MS.21921
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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Music for voices by G W Crawford.
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Choral music of G W Crawford.
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Arrangements of "A Scottish Cantata or Choral-Ballad ‘Lochinvar’" by G W Crawford, being settings of the poem by Sir Walter Scott.