Jigs. Musical compositions.
Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: Pieces of music composed to accompany a jig (a lively dance with leaping movements), typically in compound time. Source: 'Concise Oxford English dictionary', 11th edition (Oxford, 2004).
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
'Collection of the Best and Most Favourite Tunes For the Violin. In four Parts. Also an Introduction with Directions for Playing the Violin. Perth. Collected and Transcribed by lames Gillespie'; with original binding.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.808
Dates:
1768.
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 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.