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Songs. Musical compositions.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Musical compositions, typically relatively short, consisting of words, melody and, often but not necessarily, other elements of musical arrangement. The words, which may be sung with or without instrumental accompaniment, may be specific to the music, lyrics, or the music may be composed to accompany existing words, such as those of a poem.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Annotated copy of J L Campbell and Francis Collinson, "Hebridean Folksongs" (1969).

 Item
Identifier: Acc.9003
Scope and Contents

With five letters, 1979, of Campbell to Collinson.

Dates: 1969-1979.

Correspondence and papers covering various subjects, 1936 - 1967

 File
Identifier: Acc.13916/12
Scope and Contents

The papers include an outline of a "Conference on broadcasting and youth", 1937; a blank form of the Linguistic Survey of Scotland, 1939; a Gaelic song of 16 four-line stanzas, undated, headed "Oran nam Bodach", beginning 'Sann a Nis a bha na bodach'; John Lorne Campbell, "Scheme for a smallholders' school at Canna".

Dates: 1936 - 1967