Autograph album of Jacca R A McLaren Hay
Scope and Contents
Autograph album of the composer and accompanist of singers Jacca R A McLaren Hay, who lived in Stirling. Dated entries range from 1926 to 1986, and include photographs, signatures, drawings and some letters. Among those who signed are American pianist Martha Baird Rockefeller, the English contralto Clara Butt-Rumford, the English composer and pianist Percy Benedict Kahn, the Scottish tenor Joseph Hislop, the German mezzo-soprano singer Elena Gerhardt, the English pianist Ivor Newton, the Scottish monologuist and entertainer William McCulloch, Gaelic singers Jenny M B Currie and Niall Mac Illeathain/Neil Maclean, and Scottish composer and conductor James Muir Mathieson.
Dates
- Creation: 1926-1986
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
0.05 Linear metres (1 volume, 136 ff.)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Fragile.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented by an anonymous donor, through the good offices of R. Pringle, North East of Scotland Music School, Aberdeen.17 December 2014
Physical Description
0.05 linear metres1 volume, 136 ff.19.00 x 16.00 centimetres
Dimensions
19.00 x 16.00 centimetres
Subject
- Hislop, Joseph Dewar, singer, 1884-1977 (Person)
- Mac Illeathain, Nìall, Gaelic singer, 1895-1962 (Person)
- Currie, Jenny M B, Gaelic singer, 1892-1974 (Person)
- Hay, Jacca R A McLaren, composer and accompanist, fl. 1926-1986: collector (Person)
- Mathieson, James Muir, conductor of film music, 1911-1975 (Person)
- McCulloch, William, entertainer, 1883-1962 (Person)
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 23 12 2014
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk