Incidental music.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: In the theatre, music performed as part of the performance of a spoken drama. Source: 'The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians', 2nd edition (Oxford, 2001).
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
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.