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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 411 Collections and/or Records:

'Poetical Souvenir and Cabinet of Music and Drawing: Andrew Kippen, Edinburgh, 1840' containing poetry, mottoes, songs with music, and drawings of Scottish scenery, finely written in a variety of calligraphic hands.

 Item
Identifier: MS.8934
Scope and Contents

The choice of shorter poems and the type of ornament suggests some affinity with the work of James Cargill (see MSS.8931-8932), of which it presents a considerable refinement.

Dates: 1840.

Printed books owned and annotated by George Campbell Hay., 1867-1970.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26754-26792
Scope and Contents

Some of the books also contain drafts of his poems.

Dates: 1867-1970.

Printed copy of the song, 'Tranent Muir' by Sir Walter Scott, interleaved with anonymous explanatory notes and annotations, with an endorsement by Scott.

 File
Identifier: MS.23056
Scope and Contents

The endorsement by Sir Walter Scott is as follows, 'Tranent Muir & Notes to be taken in page 189'.

Dates: [1791, or after.]

Printed papers in legal cases with which Sir Walter Scott was apparently associated, with a few autograph notes of Scott and others and two slight drawings of buildings., 1782-1801.

 File
Identifier: MS.1627
Scope and Contents

At the end of the papers in the case of the Reverend John McNaught, Minister of Girthon, for whom Sir Walter Scott pleaded (see J G Lockhart’s ‘Memoirs of the life of Sir Walter Scott’, chapter vii), are manuscript copies of offending songs by McNaught.

Dates: 1782-1801.

`Remembrances of Woodhouselee`., 1812, 1894-1914.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.11737/8
Scope and Contents

The volume, 1812, contains descriptions of Woodhouselee and surrounding area. Includes sketches and engravings of the estate, poems, songs and music written by those who visited. A series of letters and poems, 1894-1914, have been added by family members at the end.

Dates: 1812, 1894-1914.

Scores and parts, undated, for miscellaneous music by W B Moonie., 1st quarter of 20th century-3rd quarter of 20th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.22005
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Leader’s part for ‘Serenade’ (folio 1);

(ii) Parts for strings of a setting of the song ‘Leezie’ (folio 3);

(iii) Full score of ‘From the lone shieling’ (folio 7).

Dates: 1st quarter of 20th century-3rd quarter of 20th century.

Scottish and other songs., [Circa 1905-circa 1926.]

 File
Identifier: MS.22073
Scope and Contents

Many of the poems used are periodical contributions by contemporary Aberdeenshire men and women, possibly known personally to John Davidson. Some are by Robert Burns and some are of unidentified authorship.

The songs are preceded (folio i) by a printed programme of a concert given in Lewis 1926 at which some of the songs in the collection were sung.

It is not known if the collection was intended for publication.

Dates: [Circa 1905-circa 1926.]

Scottish music of G W Crawford., [?1892-?1941.]

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21911-21919
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...
Dates: [?1892-?1941.]

Scottish music, songs and dances.

 File
Identifier: MS.6298
Dates: [1827, or after]-1916.

Scrapbooks of correspondence and papers of Alexander MacDonald ("Gleannach").

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13587
Scope and Contents Alexander MacDonald ("Gleannach", 1860-1928) is the author of `Story and Song from Loch Ness-side` (Inverness 1914) and of a Gaelic poetry collection of his own, `Còinneach `us Coille` (Inverness 1895). After the appearance of his poetry collection he continued to contribute songs composed or edited by himself to newspapers, but these were not subsequently collected into a second volume. He also wrote a large number of articles on Gaelic- and Highland-related matters in journals...
Dates: 1878-ca. 1925

Setting of Francis Collinson of "Wha Daur Meddle wi` me", for voice and keyboard

 Item
Identifier: Acc.6650
Scope and Contents

To a tune from the Torloisk collection (owned by Captain Farquharson of Invercauld).

Dates: 1976.

Settings by G W Crawford of various songs for choirs and other groups of voices., [?1892-?1941.]

 File
Identifier: MS.21922
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...
Dates: [?1892-?1941.]

Settings, chiefly undated, by David Stephen of scriptural texts and of poems by various Scottish authors., 1934, 1943, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.22160
Scope and Contents

Except for folio 10 the settings are for voice and piano.

The songs are undated except for folio 1, 1934, and folio 34, 1943.

Dates: 1934, 1943, undated.

Settings of songs and arrangements of Scots songs, chiefly undated, for single voice and keyboard by Ronald Center., 1940, 1942, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.22172
Scope and Contents

Apart from folios 1-5, which are dated 1940, and folio 16, dated 1942, the songs and arrangements are undated.

A pencil sketch of a setting of an unidentified French poem is at folios 2 verso and 17 verso.

Dates: 1940, 1942, undated.