Summary

Component Unique Identifier

MSS.22022-22074

Level of Description

Sub-Series

Dates

• 1871-1926, undated. (Creation)

Extents

• 53 Volumes (Whole)

Subjects

• Musical compositions.

• Parts. Scores.

• Scores.

• Letters. Correspondence.

• Notes.

• Poetry.

• Lists.

• Postcards.

• Photographs.

• Prints. Visual works.

• Press cuttings. Information artifacts.

• Printed materials. Object genre.

• Documents.

• Songs. Musical compositions.

• Programmes.

Notes

• Conditions Governing Access

  Normal access conditions apply.

• Conditions Governing Use

  Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

• Scope and Contents

  John Davidson, a member of the family of J & A Davidson, coal merchants and shipping agents, Aberdeen, was an amateur musician and composer. His preferred medium appears to have been the string quartet, but he composed and arranged pieces also for other combinations of instruments, chiefly strings. A number of pieces appear in more than one form. The collection contains both full scores and parts.

  The earliest and latest dates discernible are 1871 and 1926, but almost everything is undated and unpublished.

• Arrangement

  The papers are arranged as follows: MSS.22022-22046. Music chiefly for string quartet. MSS.22047-22050. Other music for strings. MSS.22051-22057. Violin and piano. MSS.22058-22069. Piano. MS.22070. Organ. MS.22071. Vocal. MS.22072. Miscellaneous material. MSS.22073-22074. Miscellaneous music.

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