Songs. Musical compositions.
Found in 411 Collections and/or Records:
Transcript made by Ewen MacLachlan of the Book of the Dean of Lismore.
Transcripts, 18th century, of journals, 1547-1553, of the House of Lords for the reign of Edward VI; with a collection of songs and airs, 18th century.
Transcripts and notes, I, early 20th century, partly typewritten, concerning the ‘Forty-five., 1685-1700, 1745-1747, 1802.
Twenty songs and choruses of George Frideric Handel, composer.
The works are from the oratorios "Alexander's Feast", 'Samson', 'Deborah', 'Occasional Oratorio', 'Saul', 'Susanna', 'Judas Maccabaeus', and the "Ode for St Cecilia's Day", in vocal score; with two marches, from the 'Occasional Oratorio', and 'Judas Maccabaeus', arranged for keyboard. They are written in a professional hand, and most of them include a note of performance time.
The music begins on folio 7, the preceding folios containing a contents list.
Two parodies of poems, 1818, of John Dryden and of 'Monk' Lewis by William Clapperton, teacher of French in Edinburgh, and translations, 1821, of Scots songs into Latin by James Beattie, writer in Edinburgh., 1818, 1821.
There are notes on the authors (folios 6, 15) by George R Kinloch.
Two songs by Hamish MacCunn (autograph), with words by G Moore: 'Keep your tears for me', and 'When twilight dews are falling soft'., 1885, undated.
Two untitled, undated, music books containing collections of songs by Joe Corrie., Mid 20th century.
Joe Corrie wrote music for many of his verses, and they were performed at concerts and on the radio.
Typescript libretto and manuscript musical sketches for opera of Learmont Drysdale, "Flora Macdonald".
With manuscript arrangements of eight Scots songs.
Typescript of 'There was a Lad', a play by Joe Corrie about Robert Burns in three acts, with songs., [Circa 1960.]
Most of the typescripts are undated, and relatively few have been published. Some of the one-act plays were written for amateur drama groups competing in Scottish Community Drama festivals. Joe Corrie sometimes wrote more than one play with the same plot, and he would alter an act of a longer play to make it a one-act play in its own right. He also adapted some of his stage plays for broadcasting.
Typescripts of poems and songs by Joe Corrie., 1949-1966, undated.
Joe Corrie wrote a large number of poems, some of which were published in newspapers or in his collections of poetry, Rebel poems’ (London, 1932), “The Image o' God” (Edinburgh, 1937), and ‘Scottish pride’ (Newton Stewart, 1955).
Typescripts of poems and songs with titles from A-M by Joe Corrie., 1949-1966, undated.
Joe Corrie wrote a large number of poems, some of which were published in newspapers or in his collections of poetry, Rebel poems’ (London, 1932), “The Image o' God” (Edinburgh, 1937), and ‘Scottish pride’ (Newton Stewart, 1955).
Typescripts of poems and songs with titles from N-Y by Joe Corrie., 1949-1966, undated.
Joe Corrie wrote a large number of poems, some of which were published in newspapers or in his collections of poetry, Rebel poems’ (London, 1932), “The Image o' God” (Edinburgh, 1937), and ‘Scottish pride’ (Newton Stewart, 1955).
Typescripts of speeches, poems, songs and plays of James Pittendrigh Macgillivray., 1898, 1924-1925, 1932, 1936.
Unbound manuscript music., 1743-19th century, undated
Untitled, undated, music book containing a collection of songs by Joe Corrie., Mid 20th century.
Joe Corrie wrote music for many of his verses, and they were performed at concerts and on the radio.
Untitled, undated, music book containing a collection of songs by Joe Corrie., Mid 20th century.
Joe Corrie wrote music for many of his verses, and they were performed at concerts and on the radio.
Various arrangements of ‘Cauld kail het’ by G W Crawford., 1914.
The contents are as follows:
(i) An arrangement for piano solo (folio 1), dated ‘30/6/14’ at folio 12;
(ii) A piano accompaniment (folio 13);
(iii) An incomplete arrangement for brass band (folio 21), corresponding to MS.21917, pages 1-11.
Verse and music of Thomas Stewart, music-seller, Edinburgh.
Verse and song collection of the Reverend Angus Macmillan., Circa 1935.
Concern Gaelic language and literature, and the family and general history of Lewis and Harris, North and South Uist and Wester Ross.
Verse, undated, by John Stuart Blackie., Mid 19th century-late 19th century.
The contents are as follows: sonnets (folio 1), songs (folio 42), an epic on Jack the Giant-killer, in Greek and English (folio 80), fragments of a drama on Prometheus (folio 132), and miscellaneous (folio 148).
Verses, songs and hymns of Jan Struther, arranged in alphabetical order by title, many unpublished, containing fair copies, drafts, notes and some music., Circa 1920-1951.
Containing about 350 items.
Vocal music of Ian Whyte., Mid 20th century.
Apart from the film music, which is datable to 1947-1948 from the accompanying correspondence and papers (MSS.22085-22086), almost all the music is undated; but from the ink used, some of it may be dated to about the same period.
Except where otherwise stated the music is written as for keyboard.
Vocal music of John Davidson, consisting of hymns and other religious compositions and settings of songs., [?1871-?1926.]
Vocal score of settings by Hamish MacCunn of one hundred Scottish songs., [Before 1891.]
Many of the songs are traditional airs and of the rest, many are by Robert Burns. There are small numbers of songs or poems by Allan Ramsay, Scott, Tannahill, Hogg, Lady Nairne and others.