Strathspeys. Musical compositions.
Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: Pieces of music composed to accompany a strathspey (a slow Scottish dance), typically in 4/4 time. Source: 'Concise Oxford English dictionary', 11h edition (Oxford, 2004).
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
Autograph manuscript, undated, of 'Donald Morrison', a strathspey by James Scott Skinner, with a presentation inscription to an unidentified recipient., [?1870-?1924.]
Item
Identifier: MS.22078, folio 3
'Evening amusement, being a collection of Scots tunes and strathspey reels 1789.'
Item
Identifier: MS.22195 [Glen.69]
Scope and Contents
The title is taken from folio ii.The manuscript contains many Scottish and some other dance tunes arranged in simple treble notation, followed by an index (page 181).The tunes , which are taken from ‘Caledonian pocket companion’ by James Oswald ([circa 1745-1760]), ‘[First] collection of strathspey reels’ by Niel Gow (1784), and several other printed sources, are numbered in pencil in another hand as far as page 47, and other markings are added in pencil elsewhere....
Dates:
1789.
Kilberry book of piobaireachd, compiled by Archibald Campbell, numbers 263-290., 1910-1940, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.22117
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Archibald Campbell, who entered the Indian Civil Service and retired as Judge of the High Court of Lahore, was the youngest son of John Campbell of Kilberry, and Secretary of the Music Committee of the Piobaireachd Society. The material is arranged tune by tune, approximately in the order of appearance in ‘Ceol mor’ by C S Thomason, and consists of copies of the text of each piobaireachd from all authoritative sources, both printed (including some proof sheets) and manuscript....
Dates:
1910-1940, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Kilberry book of piobaireachd: papers concerning piobaireachd, being the results of researches into the history of piobaireachd, the quality of the texts available, and problems of performance, compiled by Archibald Campbell, with the assistance of Colonel John P Grant of Rothiemurchus.
Microfilm of four untitled manuscripts of bagpipe music of Angus Mackay.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.68
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Manuscripts, [?1826-?1840], of Angus Mackay containing piobaireachd (MSS.3753-3754);
Manuscripts, [?1826-?1840], of Angus Mackay containing marches, strathspeys, reels, jigs, and other dance music for bagpipe (MSS.3755-3756).
Dates:
[1826-1840.]
Microfilm of Kilberry book of piobaireachd, compiled by Archibald Campbell, with the assistance of Colonel John P Grant of Rothiemurchus, numbers 185-290., [?1910-?1958.]
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.951
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Kilberry book of piobaireachd, numbers 185-200, [?1911-?1958] (MS.22113), 122 frames;Kilberry book of piobaireachd, numbers 201-218, [?1910-?1958] (MS.22114), 112 frames;Kilberry book of piobaireachd, numbers 219-241, [?1911-?1958] (MS.22445), 89 frames;Kilberry book of piobaireachd, numbers 242-262, [?1911-?1939] (MS.22116), 80 frames;Kilberry book of piobaireachd, numbers 263-290, [?1910-?1940] (MS.22117), 172...
Dates:
[?1910-?1958.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Microfilm of Kilberry book of piobaireachd. Papers concerning piobaireachd, being the results of researches into the history of piobaireachd, the quality of the texts available, and problems of performance, compiled by Archibald Campbell, with the assistance of Colonel John P Grant of Rothiemurchus, numbers 148-290.
Microfilm of Kilberry book of piobaireachd. Papers concerning piobaireachd, being the results of researches into the history of piobaireachd, the quality of the texts available, and problems of performance, compiled by Archibald Campbell, with the assistance of Colonel John P Grant of Rothiemurchus, numbers 148-290.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.951-952
Dates:
[?1892-?1958.]
Microfilm of musical works, chiefly dances, from the papers of the firm of J and R Glen.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.960
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Volume containing 418 marches, hornpipes, and jigs, 235 strathspeys and reels, and 14 piobaireachd, 1687 (Acc.8396, number 1);Volume containing a small collection of marches and dances by Duncan Fergusson, 1884 (Acc.8396, number 2);Collection of 164 strathspeys and reels, and one piobaireachd (lament for Cluny Macpherson, ‘composed by Malcolm Macpherson, 1885’), 19th century (Acc.8396, number 3);Collection of about 200 marches...
Dates:
1847-1974.
Miscellaneous classifications - reels by keys, strathspey 'patterns', 'Auld Land Syne and Co.', and bagpipe tunes., [Circa 1930]-1953, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.21699
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:
[Circa 1930]-1953, undated.
Miscellany of papers of John Davidson and James Scott Skinner., [?1896]-1917, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.22077
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Score of ‘Duo for two violins (no. 10)’ by John Davidson; not the same as that in MS.22076 where it was formerly loosely enclosed (folio 1);
(ii) Letter, 1917, to and notes, undated, of Davidson (folio 5);
(iii) The words (printed) of a 'Grand processional march', ?1896, on the verso of which is a strathspey in the hand of James Scott Skinner (folio 8);
(iv) Letter, 1917, of Skinner to Davidson (folio 9).
Dates:
[?1896]-1917, undated.
Music and other papers of John Davidson and James Scott Skinner.
Series
Identifier: MSS.22076-22077
Dates:
1896, 1917, 1922, undated.
Music book containing ballroom dances and Scottish tunes including the strathspey ‘Glenlivet’ from ‘Elgin collection of Scotch music’ by J S Skinner., [Circa 1885.]
Item
Identifier: MS.21731
Dates:
[Circa 1885.]
Music book containing Scottish dance tunes (very largely reels and strathspeys) for violin.
Item
Identifier: MS.22169
Scope and Contents
The music book is gold-stamped 'violin' on the front cover.
Many of the tunes appear to be of late eighteenth- or early nineteenth-century provenance. The volume appears to have been compiled in the mid nineteenth century (cf., for example, folios 41, 47).
The leaves of the volume exhibit much handling, but the identity of the compiler is unknown. The volume is thought to have had a possible Perthshire provenance.
Dates:
Late 18th century-early 19th century.
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.
Photocopy of "W.R. Kinnear's pipe-music book. A choice selection of strathspeys [and] reels".
Item
Identifier: MS.22129
Scope and Contents
It would appear, from notes at folio 3, that W R Kinnear was a piper in the 92nd Foot, and that the music book was written, or at least begun, not long before 1863.
Dates:
[Before 1863.]
Scottish and other dance music of Ian Whyte., Mid 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.22090
Scope and Contents
The contents include: An eightsome reel arranged for strings, in full score (folio 1) and other reels; Strathspeys copied from various sources (folio 18); Jigs (folio 22); Minuet (folio 24); Pavane (folio 25), fugue (folio 28), nocturnes and other pieces (folio 32), and various unidentified sketches (folio 59).
Dates:
Mid 20th century.
Transcripts of reels, strathspeys, airs and other miscellaneous music chiefly in the hand of John Murdoch Henderson., 17th century-1963, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21701-21702
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:
17th century-1963, undated.
Transcripts of reels, strathspeys, airs and other miscellaneous music, chiefly in the hand of John Murdoch Henderson., 17th century-1963, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.21701
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:
17th century-1963, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of John Murdoch Henderson.
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Transcripts of reels, strathspeys, airs and other miscellaneous music, with some notes, chiefly in the hand of John Murdoch Henderson.
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Transcripts of reels, strathspeys, airs and other miscellaneous music chiefly in the hand of John Murdoch Henderson.
Transcripts of reels, strathspeys, airs and other miscellaneous music, chiefly in the hand of John Murdoch Henderson., 1687-1959, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.21702
Scope and Contents
The manuscript includes some content created through a drum duplcation process.
Dates:
1687-1959, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of John Murdoch Henderson.
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Transcripts of reels, strathspeys, airs and other miscellaneous music, with some notes, chiefly in the hand of John Murdoch Henderson.
/
Transcripts of reels, strathspeys, airs and other miscellaneous music chiefly in the hand of John Murdoch Henderson.
Transcripts of reels, strathspeys, airs and other miscellaneous music, with some notes, chiefly in the hand of John Murdoch Henderson., 17th century-1963, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21700-21702
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:
17th century-1963, undated.
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.
Various single and small quantities of musical compositions and letters of James Scott Skinner.
Series
Identifier: MS.22078
Dates:
1870-1924, undated.