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This series contains manuscripts and typescripts of, and associated working papers for, various other creative works of Ian Rankin. The working papers include development and editorial notes. Administrative papers and correspondence relating to some of the works are also included.

Scope and Contents The material consists of:(i) A setting, 1772, for voice and piano by John Collett of 'An ode in honour of the birthday of Andrew Crosbie' by John Maclaurin, Lord Dreghorn (folio 1);(ii) A copy, in an early nineteenth-century (apparently contemporary) hand, of Karl Czerny, 'Choix de Walses brillantes et faciles pour le piano-forte' (folio 11);(iii) A full score, in an apparently late eighteenth-century hand, of the aria 'Son confusa pastorella' from the...

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A few rough sketches and doodles appear throughout the volume.

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The paper is watermarked 1797 and the pieces appear to be written in a contemporary hand. An engraved preliminary leaf (with a large space for the owner's name, etc.) is at folio i. Leaves have been cut or torn out after folios i, 30 and 39, and folios 38 and 39 were formerly stuck together with wax seals.

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The music is undated but may have been written about 1910.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: John Davidson, a member of the family of J & A Davidson, coal merchants and shipping agents, Aberdeen, was an amateur musician and composer. His preferred medium appears to have been the string quartet, but he composed and arranged pieces also for other combinations of instruments, chiefly strings. A number of pieces appear in more than one form. The collection contains both full scores and parts.The earliest and latest dates discernible are 1871 and 1926, but almost...

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Some of the scores are incomplete.

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...

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The contents are as follows:

(i) Sections, some partly in full score, apparently of the ballet 'Donald of the Burthens' 1951 (folio 1);

(ii) Two copies, both incomplete, of the libretto of 'The forge', an opera (or operetta) in two acts, and a fragment of music (folio 30);

(iii) Part of the libretto, some costume designs and some sections of music for the ballet 'The trout' (folio 86).

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...

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An account book, from which many leaves have been cut or torn out, the surviving leaves of which were cut down to stubs on which were mounted the single sheets and bifolia (some of which are fragmentary) on which the music is written.

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Nine bars of music accidentally omitted in the transcription have been written in on a strip of paper tipped in at folio 19. A typed note on the work found loosely enclosed has been tipped in at MS 21944, folio i.

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The libretto is possibly in the hand of Edward Oxenford.

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Includes music scores, correspondence and papers concerning the Saltire Society and Saltire Music Group.

Scope and Contents Most songs appear to have been carefully copied from printed sources, the general appearance of the words and music resembling printed or engraved pieces, and the publishers' names being equally carefully transcribed.The owner is unidentified, but may have been a resident of Edinburgh (folios 4, 8, 29). The only date in the book appears to be 1834 at folio 82, but folio i is watermarked 1828, and several of the pieces appear to have been composed about these years.A...

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The opera was originally performed by the Glasgow Grand Opera Society in 1937.

In this arrangement, Act 1 is entirely omitted and the work begins on page 88, pages 1-87 being either cut out or sealed up. Several other groups of leaves were sealed up, but have been subsequently unsealed.

The composer's explanatory notes are on the outer and inner front cover and at folio 104.

Scope and Contents Typescripts of ‘Gesualdo’, an operetta with libretto by Ian Rankin and score by Craig Armstrong written as part of Scottish Opera’s Five:15 series. Folios 1-104.Proof and typescripts of ‘Gesualdo’ by Ian Rankin. Folios 1-63.Proof, 2008, 'Gesualdo: a chamber opera in 5 movements, music by Craig Armstrong, libretto by Ian Rankin'. Folios 1-36.Annotated typescripts, 2008, of the libretto for ‘Gesualdo’ by Ian Rankin, three revised drafts; with annotations by...

Scope and Contents The manuscript is dated Pesaro, 8 March 1717. This is a composite work, being a collection of arias by various north Italian composers, interspersed with anonymous recitatives. The names of the composers and various alterations to the text have been added in a different hand, possibly that of G M Ruggieri, maestro di cappella at Pesaro. Fifteen of the arias are by Agostino Tinazzoli, otherwise known only by two small works in manuscript. Other composers named are Tommaso Albinoni, Floriano...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The manuscript is dated Pesaro, 8 March 1717. This is a composite work, being a collection of arias by various north Italian composers, interspersed with anonymous recitatives. The names of the composers and various alterations to the text have been added in a different hand, possibly that of G M Ruggieri, maestro di cappella at Pesaro. Fifteen of the arias are by Agostino Tinazzoli, otherwise known only by two small works in manuscript. Other composers named are Tommaso Albinoni, Floriano...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The manuscript is dated Pesaro, 8 March 1717. This is a composite work, being a collection of arias by various north Italian composers, interspersed with anonymous recitatives. The names of the composers and various alterations to the text have been added in a different hand, possibly that of G M Ruggieri, maestro di cappella at Pesaro. Fifteen of the arias are by Agostino Tinazzoli, otherwise known only by two small works in manuscript. Other composers named are Tommaso Albinoni, Floriano...