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 165 Collections and/or Records:
Photocopy of manuscript draft of song of Robert Burns, "She says She Lo`es Me Best of a`".
Item
Identifier: Acc.8079
Scope and Contents
24 lines in two stanzas, written in pencil.
Dates:
circa 1780-circa 1796.
Photocopy of manuscript setting of song of Francis George Scott, "Je Descendis dans mon Jardin".
Item
Identifier: Acc.7572
Dates:
1931.
Photocopy of music and first line of text of Robert Burns`s "Wha is that at my Bower Door".
Item
Identifier: Acc.10370
Dates:
circa 1792
Photocopy of "The Referendum Rant. Words and Melody by A Barron. Arrangement by J D Barron".
Item
Identifier: Acc.10679
Dates:
1979.
Photocopy of "Thou O God art Praised in Sion" (an exercise for the degree of Mus Bac, Oxon, 1877) by Thomas H Collinson, father of Francis Collinson.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11742
Dates:
1877.
Photograph of setting of a song, attributed to Franz Schubert.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10588
Dates:
mid 20th century.
Photostat copies of works by Percy Grainger intended for a projected, but unpublished, volume of simplified arrangements by him of some of his songs, with an introduction by D C Parker.
File
Identifier: MS.21874
Dates:
1st half of 20th century.
'Poems and songs cheifly (sic) in the Scottish dialect by Charles Lockhart Ramsay [subsequently of Fala], Edinburgh 1816', to which '-1835' has been added in pencil.
Item
Identifier: MS.9046
Scope and Contents
The volume contains ballads headed by dedications to various ladies, letters in verse addressed to various friends, and poems concerning or inspired by political events of the time.
Dates:
1816-1835.
Poems and songs of William MacRitchie, transcribed by George MacRitchie.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8119
Dates:
1834.
Poems and songs of William MacRitchie, transcribed by his son, George.
Item
Identifier: Acc.6398
Dates:
1834.
'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 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 proof of “Carle, now the King’s come!”, with corrections in Sir Walter Scott’s autograph, followed by a manuscript Latin version of the song [?1822].
Series
Identifier: MSS.1665-1666
Dates:
1822, undated.
Records and papers of Craigmount School for Girls, Edinburgh.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12271
Dates:
1933-1966.
Score and text of Jacobite song "Farweel to thee Charlie", said to be in the hand of Lady John Scott.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12667
Dates:
late 19th century.
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.
Seven diaries of Patrick Cadell, Keeper of Manuscripts, National Library of Scotland.
File
Identifier: Acc.11641
Scope and Contents
Includes memorandum of matters outstanding on his leaving and a copy of a song, composed and sung by Timothy Lawrence, at Mr Cadell`s leaving party in 1990.
Dates:
1983-1990.
Six songs by Erik Chisholm, being settings for voice and keyboard of poems chiefly by Lillias Scott.
File
Identifier: MS.21878
Dates:
1962, undated.
Sketches and fair copy of 'Five Orkney scenes', a song cycle for female voice and piano by Claire Liddell with words by George Mackay Brown.
File
Identifier: MS.21978
Dates:
1975.
Small collections and single letters presented by various donors.
Series
Identifier: MS.5406
Dates:
1810-1897.
Song and music book of Margaret, wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Honourable Adolphus Frederick Cathcart, containing songs (arranged for voice and keyboard) and dances.
Item
Identifier: MS.21764
Scope and Contents
Many of the pieces are unattributed and many of the rest are poems taken from published sources set to music by members of the Cathcart family and their friends. Several pieces are private compositions being inscribed 'not to be given away' or 'not to be copied'.The book was given by Lieutenant-Colonel Cathcart to his wife in 1835, according to inscriptions in her hand inside the front cover and on the first flyleaf. It contains pieces copied by her until about 1840 (folio 113)....
Dates:
1835-?1840.
Song book (the last four attributed to Robert Wilcox) of Andrew Hume, Dunbar.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10992
Dates:
1878.