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Microfilm of assorted music, and notes on music and songs, chiefly Scottish.
The contents are as follows:
Notes, 1826-1827, of Lady John Scott on music, and songs, chiefly Scottish (MS.842);
Airs, 1824, chiefly of ballads, also of marches, etc., dedicated to Sir Walter Scott by Andrew Blaikie (MS.1578);
Copies of songs, dances, and other tunes, arranged for violin, made by members, relatives, and friends of the family of Brown, residing at Linkwood, Elgin, late 18th century (MS.3378).
Microfilm of manuscripts in the collection of Scottish and other music formed by Alexander Wood Inglis, Secretary to the Board of Manufactures.
Microfilm of Scottish music, [1838]; and, dance tunes, [circa 1765], chiefly arranged for the English guitar or the cittern.
The contents are as follows:
Volume of Scottish music, [1838], comprising airs, Lowland and Highland, songs, dances, a pibroch, etc. (MS.2086);
Book of dance tunes, [circa 1765], chiefly arranged for the English guitar or the cittern (MS.5449).
Music book, compiled apparently towards the end of the eighteenth century, containing dances, marches and some songs.
Music book compiled by J Crichton Donaldson.
Music book of Leonora Grant consisting of leaves and gatherings of leaves containing dances, marches and songs, bound together inside a pair of hard covers.
Music book of simple treble notation, containing marches, dances and songs, which appears to have been owned successively by Francis and John Hughes, whose names are written at the front and back of the book respectively.
Francis Hughes appears to have been the first owner and to have written most of the pieces; a tune apparently entitled 'March y[e] 21:' (folio 16 verso) is described as having been 'Perform:[d] at the Kings Coronation', apparently that of George III, in September 1761. The signature of John Hughes appears inside the back cover, and, dated 1768, at folio i (inverted). Most of the pieces at the back of the volume are religious. The book appears to lack a leaf before folio 1.
Music book of unknown ownership containing operatic arias, Scottish and other songs, marches and psalm tunes.
The paper is watermarked 1797 and the pieces appear to be written in a contemporary hand. An engraved preliminary leaf (with a large space for the owner's name, etc.) is at folio i. Leaves have been cut or torn out after folios i, 30 and 39, and folios 38 and 39 were formerly stuck together with wax seals.
Music book, undated, compiled in the north of England, consisting of various gatherings of sheets bound together, containing dances, songs and marches (including a number of Scottish tunes), and some other music, all written in a number of hands.
None of the pieces is dated, but some of the sheets have watermarks ranging in date from 1817 to 1825. The last third of the volume is blank.
Included are four unidentified sonatas for two flutes (folios 52-56).
Notebook with hand-written staves throughout, containing music for keyboard consisting of dances, some songs and a few marches, all written apparently soon after 1750.
Photocopies of a collection of music books.
Most of the music books are of unknown ownership but all may be of northern Scottish provenance. They are all undated but appear to belong to the first half of the nineteenth century.