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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.
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".
Photocopy of music and first line of text of Robert Burns`s "Wha is that at my Bower Door".
Photocopy of "The Referendum Rant. Words and Melody by A Barron. Arrangement by J D Barron".
Photocopy of "Thou O God art Praised in Sion" (an exercise for the degree of Mus Bac, Oxon, 1877) by Thomas H Collinson, father of Francis Collinson.
Photograph of setting of a song, attributed to Franz Schubert.
Photostat copies of works by Percy Grainger intended for a projected, but unpublished, volume of simplified arrangements by him of some of his songs, with an introduction by D C Parker.
'Poems and songs cheifly (sic) in the Scottish dialect by Charles Lockhart Ramsay [subsequently of Fala], Edinburgh 1816', to which '-1835' has been added in pencil.
The volume contains ballads headed by dedications to various ladies, letters in verse addressed to various friends, and poems concerning or inspired by political events of the time.
Poems and songs of William MacRitchie, transcribed by George MacRitchie.
Poems and songs of William MacRitchie, transcribed by his son, George.
'Poetical Souvenir and Cabinet of Music and Drawing: Andrew Kippen, Edinburgh, 1840' containing poetry, mottoes, songs with music, and drawings of Scottish scenery, finely written in a variety of calligraphic hands.
The choice of shorter poems and the type of ornament suggests some affinity with the work of James Cargill (see MSS.8931-8932), of which it presents a considerable refinement.
Printed copy of the song, 'Tranent Muir' by Sir Walter Scott, interleaved with anonymous explanatory notes and annotations, with an endorsement by Scott.
The endorsement by Sir Walter Scott is as follows, 'Tranent Muir & Notes to be taken in page 189'.
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].
Records and papers of Craigmount School for Girls, Edinburgh.
Score and text of Jacobite song "Farweel to thee Charlie", said to be in the hand of Lady John Scott.
Scrapbooks of correspondence and papers of Alexander MacDonald ("Gleannach").
Setting of Francis Collinson of "Wha Daur Meddle wi` me", for voice and keyboard
To a tune from the Torloisk collection (owned by Captain Farquharson of Invercauld).
Seven diaries of Patrick Cadell, Keeper of Manuscripts, National Library of Scotland.
Includes memorandum of matters outstanding on his leaving and a copy of a song, composed and sung by Timothy Lawrence, at Mr Cadell`s leaving party in 1990.