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'Festival Mass for full orchestra & chorus; a study in instrumentation, composed by William Wallace' (born 1860), in his autograph.

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Identifier: MS.3089
Scope and Contents

The composer gives a history (folio xiii) of the work, which was composed in 1886-1887 and, in part, scored in 1888 (see dates on various folios). Some parts are incomplete.

Interspersed with the music are unruled leaves, bearing illuminations, manuscript notes of the composer, etc., on folios i-ii, viii, x-xiii, xxv, xxvii verso, xxviii verso, xxxix, xliii, xlvii, li.

Dates: 1886-1888.

Manuscript score, 1979, of Ronald Stevenson`s "Violin Concerto".

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Identifier: Acc.10774
Scope and Contents

Includes note, 1992, of Yehudi Menuhin and three photographs taken at the first performance, Glasgow, 1992.

Dates: 1979-1992.

Original manuscript of "The Ship o' the Fiend", a ballad for Orchestra, Opus 5, composed by Hamish MacCunn.

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Identifier: MS.3365
Scope and Contents

The ballad is preceded by a version, in Hamish MacCunn's hand, of the verse ballad that inspired the music, i.e., 'The Daemon Lover', number 243 of ‘The English and Scottish popular ballads’. A pencilled note records two performances in 1888.

Dates: [1888, or before.]