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Music book of M Carter, containing the words and melodies (occasionally with bass) of songs from late 17th- and early 18th-century operas.
Composers include Handel, Henry and Daniel Purcell, Pepusch, Leveridge, Carey, Hayden etc. The collection also contains English country dances arranged for violin, and scraps of poetry by Milton, Pope, and others. The name M Carter, and the date 1719 appear inside the front cover.
Papers of and concerning the poet George Campbell Hay (1915-1984).
Papers of George Chalmers, the antiquary.
Papers of Lady Evelyn Stewart-Murray (1868-1940).
Photocopy of manuscript draft of song of Robert Burns, "She says She Lo`es Me Best of a`".
24 lines in two stanzas, written in pencil.
Photocopy of manuscript setting of song of Francis George Scott, "Je Descendis dans mon Jardin".
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].
Small collections and single letters presented by various donors.
Transcript made by Ewen MacLachlan of the Book of the Dean of Lismore.
Twenty songs and choruses of George Frideric Handel, composer.
The works are from the oratorios "Alexander's Feast", 'Samson', 'Deborah', 'Occasional Oratorio', 'Saul', 'Susanna', 'Judas Maccabaeus', and the "Ode for St Cecilia's Day", in vocal score; with two marches, from the 'Occasional Oratorio', and 'Judas Maccabaeus', arranged for keyboard. They are written in a professional hand, and most of them include a note of performance time.
The music begins on folio 7, the preceding folios containing a contents list.
Typescript libretto and manuscript musical sketches for opera of Learmont Drysdale, "Flora Macdonald".
With manuscript arrangements of eight Scots songs.