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Autograph settings by Francis George Scott of a poem of James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose.
File
Identifier: Acc.8941
Dates:
1st half of 20th century.
Collection of romances and religious material, mostly in verse, written in the North Midlands by Richard Heeg with some items by James Hawghton and additions in other hands.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.3.1
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) ‘The Hunting of the Hare` (‘The Index of Middle English Verse’, 973) (folio 1), followed by a mock sermon in prose (folio 7 verso) and nonsense verses (folio 10 verso) (the latter ‘The Index of Middle English Verse’, 3425, both printed in ‘Reliquiae Antiquae’, volume 1, pages 82-84). See ‘The “Hunting of the Hare” in the Heege Manuscript’. Written by Richard Heeg.(ii) `Sir Gowther` (‘The Index of Middle English Verse’,...
Dates:
Circa 1480.
Manuscript of Ronald Stevenson song cycle, "A Child`s Garden of Verses".
Item
Identifier: Acc.10278
Scope and Contents
Makes use of Robert Louis Stevenson poems.
Dates:
1985.
Musical compositions and other papers, 1871-1926, undated, of John Davidson; and correspondence and compositions [circa 1883- circa 1917], undated, of James Scott Skinner.
Series
Identifier: MSS.22022-22075
Dates:
1871-1926, undated.
Papers of and concerning Francis George Scott, composer.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12506
Dates:
1930-1992.
Papers of Archibald Ward Gardner.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10080
Scope and Contents
Includes music and poetry.
Dates:
circa 1955-1989.
Papers of Isobel V S Dunlop, containing correspondence, music, poetry and related material.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9121/1-133
Scope and Contents
Includes music scores, correspondence and papers concerning the Saltire Society and Saltire Music Group.
Dates:
1922-1974.
Tunes for fiddle and bagpipe, with some Gaelic poetry, compiled by Barbara Forsyth.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9496
Dates:
circa 1863-1875.
Typescript poem and fiddle music of and collected by Thomas Sinclair Rae.
File
Identifier: Acc.11548
Dates:
first half of 20th century.
Typescripts of works by Sydney Goodsir Smith, Crieff Williamson and John Guthrie.
File
Identifier: Acc.11806
Dates:
circa 1935-1988.
Volume entitled 'Celtic music', compiled by David R Robertson, a mercantile clerk in Dundee, consisting of pipe tunes, poems, notes and memoranda, extracts from published sources, letters from correspondents interested in Gaelic culture, and some press cuttings and photographs.
File
Identifier: MS.22164
Scope and Contents
The title is taken from folio 1, a vellum leaf.Some items found loosely enclosed have been tipped or pasted in.The work consists of an introduction (folio 6) preceded by prefatory poems (folio 2), and eight sections: Old highland airs (folio 39), Clan tunes (folio 90), Jacobite airs (folio 131), Battle tunes (folio 159), Laments (folio 209), Old Scottish airs (folio 223), Army tunes (folio 244) and General marches (folio 276).There are two unrelated items:...
Dates:
1911-1912.