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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:

Volume entitled 'Scotch Ballads. Materials for Border Minstrelsy', chiefly containing ballads sent to Sir Walter Scott when he was collecting material for his ‘Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border’, but with, in addition, many other poems and songs, ancient and modern, English and Gaelic., 1800-[1832].

 File
Identifier: MS.877
Scope and Contents Many of the ballads are accompanied by letters or notes regarding the source and other matters, ranging chiefly from 1800 to 1815. Among those who send ballads or information are James Hogg, William Laidlaw and his family, James Skene, Joseph Ritson, John Leyden, and David Herd. A large number of ballads appear to have been collected between 1813 and 1815 by Thomas Wilkie, Bowden. The letter-writers include the Reverend George Paxton, 1804 (folio 171A), and Dr Mackintosh Mackay, 1831 (folio...
Dates: 1800-[1832].
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order. / Materials for works written or edited by Sir Walter Scott.

Volume entitled 'Scottish folk songs', containing a fair copy of arrangements for soprano and pianoforte., 1st quarter of 20th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.22162
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Most of the compositions appear to be unpublished.

Dates: 1st quarter of 20th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Autograph scores of musical compositions by David Stephen, Director of Music to the Carnegie Trust, Dunfermline. / Songs of David Stephen.

Volume of music, including songs by Lady John Scott., 1852, 1872-1875.

 Item
Identifier: MS.838
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The collection consists of manuscript music composed or collected by Lady John Scott (Alicia Anne Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode, died 1900, wife of Lord John Douglas Scott), much of it being in her autograph.

Dates: 1852, 1872-1875.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Lady John Scott collection of music, chiefly Scottish. / Four volumes of music, including songs by Lady John Scott, detailed in Miss Warrender’s notes in MS.834.

Volume of music, including songs by Lady John Scott., 1842-1851, undated.

 Item
Identifier: MS.839
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The collection consists of manuscript music composed or collected by Lady John Scott (Alicia Anne Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode, died 1900, wife of Lord John Douglas Scott), much of it being in her autograph.

Dates: 1842-1851, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Lady John Scott collection of music, chiefly Scottish. / Four volumes of music, including songs by Lady John Scott, detailed in Miss Warrender’s notes in MS.834.

Volume of music, including songs by Lady John Scott., Mid 19th century-late 19th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.840
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The collection consists of manuscript music composed or collected by Lady John Scott (Alicia Anne Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode, died 1900, wife of Lord John Douglas Scott), much of it being in her autograph.

Dates: Mid 19th century-late 19th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Lady John Scott collection of music, chiefly Scottish. / Four volumes of music, including songs by Lady John Scott, detailed in Miss Warrender’s notes in MS.834.

Volume of music, including songs by Lady John Scott., Mid 19th century-late 19th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.841
Scope and Contents

Contains a printed song by Lady John Scott, 'The Bounds o’ Cheviot', Kelso, undated.

Dates: Mid 19th century-late 19th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Lady John Scott collection of music, chiefly Scottish. / Four volumes of music, including songs by Lady John Scott, detailed in Miss Warrender’s notes in MS.834.

Volume of nine miscellaneous manuscripts, forming part of the Hugh Sharp Collection., 1679-1933.

 File
Identifier: MS.3310 [H.S.389]
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Letter of the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Public Affairs, signed by Archbishop Sharp, ordering the Earl of Linlithgow to cause seize Francis Scott of Greenhill in the head of Yarrow, 1679 (folio 1);(ii) Commission of a captain in Cluny's regiment, signed by Prince Charles Edward, 1745 (folio 2);(iii) Discharge-certificate of a sergeant, signed by George Washington, 1783 (folio 4);(iv) Letters...
Dates: 1679-1933.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letters and papers pasted or inserted loose in printed books, inscriptions written in books, etc., in the Hugh Sharp Collection.

Volume of Scottish music, comprising airs, Lowland and Highland, songs, dances, a pibroch, etc., 1838, undated.

 Item
Identifier: MS.2086
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.

Dates: 1838, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

Words and music for a song "Lovely Loch Awe" of Thomas A Ewart, Oban.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.11925
Dates: 1st half of 20th century
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Words and music of lyrics and comic operas by Archibald F Hyslop.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9543
Scope and Contents

Many composed for the singer and comedian Harry Gordon, with correspondence.

Dates: circa 1935-1960.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Xerox of a manuscript music book containing airs collected by the sisters Margaret Douglas MacLean Clephane and Anna Jane Douglas MacLean Clephane., 1821-1823.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14949(c)
Scope and Contents

A highly miscellaneous collection of Scots, Gaelic and Irish songs, 18th century operatic airs, etc., chiefly arranged for voice and keyboard. Dated at folios 38 (‘Gaelic air picked up at sea Sept. 1823’), 47 (“Una’s song. A.J.D.C. April 25th 1822”) and 116 (‘Ballads still unset Une 16th 1821’). Most of the small number of Gaelic airs are indexed at folio 119.

Dates: 1821-1823.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Xeroxes of three manuscript music books containing airs collected by the sisters Margaret Douglas MacLean Clephane and Anna Jane Douglas MacLean Clephane of Torloisk, Mull.

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