Music books.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Books or booklets, bound or unbound, in which personal compositions or favourite musical pieces by other composers are recorded in some form of musical notation. Most commonly the pages are pre marked with music staves to be completed in manuscript; but volumes of blank pages in which only musical compositions in manuscript have been recorded should be considered music books too. Other than stave notation, other notations might include tablature, canntaireachd, etc. Where only songs have been recorded use 'Songbooks'.
Found in 242 Collections and/or Records:
"Colin Campbell's Instrumental Book, 1797. The First Volum Continuing [sic] 83 Tunes.", 1797.
Item
Identifier: MS.3714
Dates:
1797.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Nether Lorn, or Campbell, Canntaireachd; with a transcript of Angus Mackay's 'Specimens of Canntaireachd', and a note by Archibald Campbell, Secretary of the Music Committee of the Piobaireachd Society.
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Nether Lorn, or Campbell, Canntaireachd.
'Collection of Ancient Piobaireachd Music, arranged by D.S. Macdonald, Pipe Major, First Battn. the Royal Scots', Edinburgh., 1882.
File
Identifier: MS.3110
Scope and Contents
This collection is apparently as prepared for publication, and has at the beginning instructions for blowing and keeping the pipes in order, and various exercises on piobaireachd. It contains 64 tunes, among them two which are not from Angus Mackay's manuscripts.
Dates:
1882.
Collection of pipe music (78 piobaireachd), compiled by William Ross, Piper to Queen Victoria.
File
Identifier: MS.3040
Dates:
19th century.
'Collection of Scotch airs, with the latest variations. Written for the use of Walter McFarlan of that Ilk by David Young, W[riting] M[aster] in Ednr.', 1740, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.2084-2085
Dates:
1740, undated.
'Collection of Scots Tunes, with Variations, for the Violin. 1775.'
Item
Identifier: MS.21840
Scope and Contents
The title is taken from folio i. 'Scots music, Vol.I' appears on the front cover.The tunes, some of which are copied from ‘A curious collection of Scots tunes. With variations, for the violin (etc.)’, first published by Robert Bremner in 1759, are written in simple treble notation and are preceded by an index arranged alphabetically by title at folio i verso, written, like the rest of the volume, in a calligraphic hand.The leaves appear to consist of sheets stuck...
Dates:
18th century.
'Collection of Scottish airs, with the latest variations. Written for the use of Walter McFarlan of that Ilk by David Young, W[riting] M[aster] in Ednr.', labelled 'Vol. II'., 1740.
File
Identifier: MS.2084
Dates:
1740.
'Collection of Scottish airs, with the latest variations. Written for the use of Walter McFarlan of that Ilk by David Young, W[riting] M[aster] in Ednr.', labelled 'Vol. III'., [Before 1743.]
File
Identifier: MS.2085
Dates:
[Before 1743.]
Collections of music for fiddle.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21714-21732
Dates:
[Circa 1705-before 1977], undated.
Collections of music for flute and fife.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21733-21744
Dates:
[Circa 1795]-1835, undated.
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.
File
Identifier: MS.3378
Copies of songs, dances, and other tunes, made by members, relatives, and friends of the family of Brown, residing at Linkwood, Elgin., 1836-1843.
File
Identifier: MS.3370
Copies of songs, dances, and other tunes, made by members, relatives, and friends of the family of Brown, residing at Linkwood, Elgin., 1839, 1874.
File
Identifier: MS.3371
Copies of songs, dances, and other tunes, made by members, relatives, and friends of the family of Brown, residing at Linkwood, Elgin., 1844-1871.
File
Identifier: MS.3372
Copies of songs, dances, and other tunes, made by members, relatives, and friends of the family of Brown, residing at Linkwood, Elgin., [Circa 1870.]
File
Identifier: MS.3373
Copies of songs, dances, and other tunes, made by members, relatives, and friends of the family of Brown, residing at Linkwood, Elgin., 1874-1875.
File
Identifier: MS.3374
Copies of songs, dances, and other tunes, made by members, relatives, and friends of the family of Brown, residing at Linkwood, Elgin., [Circa 1808.]
File
Identifier: MS.3375
Copies of songs, dances, and other tunes, made by members, relatives, and friends of the family of Brown, residing at Linkwood, Elgin., [Circa 1835], 1872-1874.
File
Identifier: MS.3376
Copies of songs, dances, and other tunes, made by members, relatives, and friends of the family of Brown, residing at Linkwood, Elgin., 1837.
File
Identifier: MS.3377
Scope and Contents
The volume is endorsed 'Music copied for me by the Band Master of the Band of the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade, Corfu, 1837. H. Brown'.
Dates:
1837.
Copies of songs, dances, and other tunes, made by members, relatives, and friends of the family of Brown, residing at Linkwood, Elgin., [Circa 1800.]
File
Identifier: MS.3379
Correspondence and papers of Mark Sprot of Garnkirk and his family.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10309-10323
Dates:
1827-1895.
Drafts, sketches and fragments of identified works by Ronald Center., Mid 20th century-[?1971], undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22187-22190
Dates:
Mid 20th century-[?1971], undated.
Drafts, sketches and fragments of musical compositions of Ronald Center., 1951-1973, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22187-22193
Drafts, sketches and fragments of unidentified works by Ronald Center., Mid 20th century-[?1973].
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22191-22193
Dates:
Mid 20th century-[?1973].
“Duncan Clark’s musick book”., 1813.
Item
Identifier: MS.21740
Gaelic and Irish songs and some of George Campbell Hay's poems set to music., 1936-1947.
Series
Identifier: MSS.26741-26743
Scope and Contents
George Campbell Hay was a self-taught piper and by 1940 had acquired an impressive repertoire of songs. In the late 1930's he began to compose settings both for his own and traditional poems. Some of the settings of the poems set to music are traditional.
Dates:
1936-1947.