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 246 Collections and/or Records:
Commonplace book of Alexander Keith of Ravelston, (died 1751), but written in more than one hand., 1684-?1688.
Item
Identifier: MS.21186
Scope and Contents
The commonplace book contains Latin poetry (including extracts from Horace, Virgil and Juvenal), songs, prose and exercises; astronomical, navigational, and mathematical notes and exercises, with some diagrams and tables; notes on the art of gunnery; some common psalm tunes; prayers; English proverbs, verse and poetry; extracts from a guide to the education of children and youth; instructions concerning card tricks; some verse attributed to the 1st Marquis of Montrose and notes on his role...
Dates:
1684-?1688.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, legal, miscellaneous, and estate papers of the Murrays of Ochtertyre, Baronets, and their relations by marriage the Keiths, Earls Marischal.
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Papers of the Keiths, Earls Marischal.
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Miscellaneous papers of, and concerning, the Keith family.
Commonplace book of Robert Edward., [?1635-?1670.]
Item
Identifier: MS.9450 [Manuscript]
Scope and Contents
The book originally belonged to Robert Edward's father, Alexander, a Dundee merchant, and a business account dated 1622 is on folio 1. The volume chiefly consists of songs, psalms, notes, and instrumental items, several of which appear twice or with parts separated, scraps on the history of music, and poetical items alone. Many of the pieces are of Scottish origin but English and Continental composers appear, as well as both pre- and post-Reformation music.The...
Dates:
[?1635-?1670.]
Compositions of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Ewing, author of ‘Jerusalem the Golden’., 1860-1876, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1785
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The lyrics of some of the pieces were written by the composer's wife, Juliana Horatia Ewing.
Dates:
1860-1876, undated.
Compositions of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Ewing, author of ‘Jerusalem the Golden’., 1866, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1786
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The lyrics of some of the pieces were written by the composer's wife, Juliana Horatia Ewing.
Dates:
1866, undated.
Copies of songs, dances, and other tunes, arranged for violin, made by members, relatives, and friends of the family of Brown, residing at Linkwood, Elgin., Late 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.3378
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The music is chiefly arranged for pianoforte, except MS.3378, which is for violin.
Dates:
Late 18th century.
Copies of songs, dances, and other tunes, made by members, relatives, and friends of the family of Brown, residing at Linkwood, Elgin., [Circa 1800.]
File
Identifier: MS.3379
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The music is chiefly arranged for pianoforte, except MS.3378, which is for violin.
Dates:
[Circa 1800.]
Copies of songs, dances, and other tunes, made by members, relatives, and friends of the family of Brown, residing at Linkwood, Elgin., 1836-1843.
File
Identifier: MS.3370
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The music is chiefly arranged for pianoforte, except MS.3378, which is for violin.
Dates:
1836-1843.
Copies of songs, dances, and other tunes, made by members, relatives, and friends of the family of Brown, residing at Linkwood, Elgin., 1839, 1874.
File
Identifier: MS.3371
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The music is chiefly arranged for pianoforte, except MS.3378, which is for violin.
Dates:
1839, 1874.
Copies of songs, dances, and other tunes, made by members, relatives, and friends of the family of Brown, residing at Linkwood, Elgin., 1844-1871.
File
Identifier: MS.3372
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The music is chiefly arranged for pianoforte, except MS.3378, which is for violin.
Dates:
1844-1871.
Copies of songs, dances, and other tunes, made by members, relatives, and friends of the family of Brown, residing at Linkwood, Elgin., [Circa 1870.]
File
Identifier: MS.3373
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The music is chiefly arranged for pianoforte, except MS.3378, which is for violin.
Dates:
[Circa 1870.]
Copies of songs, dances, and other tunes, made by members, relatives, and friends of the family of Brown, residing at Linkwood, Elgin., 1874-1875.
File
Identifier: MS.3374
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The music is chiefly arranged for pianoforte, except MS.3378, which is for violin.
Dates:
1874-1875.
Copies of songs, dances, and other tunes, made by members, relatives, and friends of the family of Brown, residing at Linkwood, Elgin., [Circa 1808.]
File
Identifier: MS.3375
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The music is chiefly arranged for pianoforte, except MS.3378, which is for violin.
Dates:
[Circa 1808.]
Copies of songs, dances, and other tunes, made by members, relatives, and friends of the family of Brown, residing at Linkwood, Elgin., [Circa 1835], 1872-1874.
File
Identifier: MS.3376
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The music is chiefly arranged for pianoforte, except MS.3378, which is for violin.
Dates:
[Circa 1835], 1872-1874.
Copies of songs, dances, and other tunes, made by members, relatives, and friends of the family of Brown, residing at Linkwood, Elgin., 1837.
File
Identifier: MS.3377
Scope and Contents
The volume is endorsed 'Music copied for me by the Band Master of the Band of the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade, Corfu, 1837. H. Brown'.
Dates:
1837.
Copy of a song composed by John Wilson in 1838, with a letter, 1850, of Sir Robert Christison, and a letter, 1856, of Captain Arthur Walker describing the Crimea., 1838, 1850, 1856.
File
Identifier: MS.5406 (viii), folios 39-48
Dates:
1838, 1850, 1856.
Copy of a song setting and verses, undated, written on sheets found loosely enclosed in MS.22167: Music book containing songs in various languages., [?1858-?1864], undated.
File
Identifier: MS.22168
Dates:
[?1858-?1864], undated.
Copy of 'Eachdraidh na h-Alba' (Glasgow, 1867) by A Mac Coinnich, annotated by George Campbell Hay, with a song learnt from Sorley Maclean., 1941.
File
Identifier: MS.26755
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Some of the books also contain drafts of his poems.
Dates:
1941.
Copy of the song entitled ‘Borlean McIntosh his march into England in Novr. 1715’, usually known as ‘The Highland Muster-roll’, beginning "Wat ye wat ye wha’s coming"., 18th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.174
Scope and Contents
Notes state that the song was written "in derision of McKintosh’s march", being supposed to be played by his pipers on entering Preston; but this version has no more special application to Mackintosh of Borlum than others.
The song bears the number 100, being evidently part of a collection.
Dates:
18th century.
Correspondence, 1800-1840, of the Russells of Ashiesteel and their relatives, the Halls of Dunglass; with other papers., 1788-1840, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3220
Scope and Contents
The Ashiesteel correspondence begins on folio 61. It is preceded by:(i) Miscellaneous papers: 'Flowers of the Forrest', in the autograph of Mrs Cockburn (folio 1); letter of Robert Burns to Patrick Miller of Dalswinton on the lease of Ellisland, 1788, printed in the ‘Kilmarnock Standard’, 14 August 1943 (folio 3); 'The Hag in the Red Cloak', verses ridiculing Matthew Gregory Lewis, in the hand of John Leyden (folio 5); letters of Humboldt, undated (folio 6), and Disraeli, 1865...
Dates:
1788-1840, undated.
Correspondence, accounts and other papers chiefly of the Scotts of Raeburn., 1698-1853, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.2890
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Correspondence, 1823-1853, undated, of William Scott, the sixth laird. Many of the letters are written by or relate to Sir Walter Scott, and they include several of John Gibson Lockhart. (Folio i.) (ii) Accounts, 1698-1747. (Folio 202.)(iii) Miscellaneous material, apparently collected by the sixth laird, including a song, '"Eh", quo the tod, "It's a braw light night"', being a version of 'The fox jumped up on a moonlight...
Dates:
1698-1853, undated.
Correspondence and papers, chiefly undated, of the family of Forbes of Culloden., [1625-1800.]
File
Identifier: MS.2970
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) General correspondence (folio 1);(ii) Papers concerning property of the Forbeses: Ferintosh (including Inverallochie's debts and the Ferintosh excise) (folio 41) and lands in general (folio 59);(iii) Papers concerning private business (folio 65);(iv) Inverness: petitions of the town for relief from taxation, levies, and the maintenance of the garrison, and instructions to John Forbes, 2nd of Culloden, as...
Dates:
[1625-1800.]
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
Correspondence concerning Strathtay traditions; place-names; Alexander MacGregor’s Black Watch Song, translated by Alexander Gow, etc., 1925-1926, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.462
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
“An exceptionally accurate and accomplished Gaelic scholar and phonetician, [Charles Robertson] was also for over thirty years a diligent collector of facts relating to Gaelic philology and topography, and — to a less extent — of folk-lore. Much of his work on Gaelic phonetics and dialects has been published in the ‘Celtic Review’ and elsewhere.” (‘Scotsman’, 6 August 1928.)The collection is composed chiefly of notebooks, bound or loose-leaf. Some have many blank pages; only the...
Dates:
1925-1926, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers concerning Gaelic philology and Highland topography, folk-lore, etc., compiled by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson (died 1927), Minister of the United Free Church, Kilchoman, Islay.
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Papers concerning folklore, traditions etc., compiled by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson.
Correspondence of the Reverend James Morton., 1811-1875, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3381
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Letters, 1811-1875 (folio 1), chiefly about John Leyden, the publication of his life and works and the sale of his books and manuscripts, but including several dealing with the Reverend James Morton's own affairs and an account of Van Diemen's Land, extracted from a letter (folio 175);(ii) Newspaper-cuttings relating to John Leyden, 1811-1861 (folio 193);(iii) Youthful letter of Morton and list of woven goods, undated (folio...
Dates:
1811-1875, undated.
Early draft of 'On Glaister's Hill' by William Jeffrey., ?1945.
Item
Identifier: MS.26896
Scope and Contents
A song, 'We'll hae laen sae lang', is written inside the back cover.
Dates:
?1945.