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Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn.
Series
Identifier: MSS.22171-22194
Scope and Contents
The musical compositions consist of final versions (MSS.22171-22186), and sketches, drafts and fragments (MSS.22187-22193). The other papers consist largely of press cuttings.
Dates:
Mid 20th century-1988, undated.
Papers of and concerning Francis George Scott, composer.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12506
Dates:
1930-1992.
Papers of John Maxwell Geddes.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14147
Content Description
John Maxwell Geddes, composer, was born in Glasgow on 26 May 1941, the son of John ('Jack') Drummond Geddes and Thomasina Geddes, née Maxwell. He grew up in the Maryhill area of Glasgow and attended Woodside Secondary School and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland). He also studied with the Danish pianist and composer Niels Viggo Bentzon (1919-2000) in Copenhagen.Geddes was awarded the fellowship of the RSAMD, the Creative...
Dates:
1951-2018.
Pìobaireachd music manuscripts and press cuttings
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Identifier: Acc.13535
Scope and Contents
Contains sheet music of bagpipe tunes, and press cuttings of information concerning pìobaireachd and the history of the bagpipe, as well as information and photographs of individual pipers. The compiler, John Alexander Cameron, was a publican in Inverness, and there is a slight Inverness emphasis in the items collected. Arranged in folders as follows:Acc.13535/1: manuscript scores, some printed, of bagpipe tunes. Including "Lament for Lieut Ian B. MacLeod of MacLeod; killed in...
Dates:
1896-1952