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:
Music of John Blow, Henry Purcell, Joseph Hart, and others., Late 17th century-early 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.3343 [Ing.94]
Music of John Davidson chiefly for string quartet., [?1871-?1926.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22022-22046
Dates:
[?1871-?1926.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Musical compositions and other papers, 1871-1926, undated, of John Davidson; and correspondence and compositions [circa 1883- circa 1917], undated, of James Scott Skinner.
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Musical compositions and other papers, chiefly undated, of John Davidson.
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.
Musical compositions of Ronald Center., Mid 20th century-[?1973], undated
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22171-22193
Dates:
Mid 20th century-[?1973], undated
Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn.
Series
Identifier: MSS.22171-22194
Scope and Contents
The musical compositions consist of final versions (MSS.22171-22186), and sketches, drafts and fragments (MSS.22187-22193). The other papers consist largely of press cuttings.
Dates:
Mid 20th century-1988, undated.
Musical manuscripts from the library at Newbattle Abbey., Circa 1680-1864.
Series
Identifier: MS.5777-5782
Dates:
Circa 1680-1864.
Nineteenth-century copies of songs, dances, and other tunes, both traditional and contemporary, made by members, relatives, and friends of the family of Brown, residing at Linkwood, Elgin.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3370-3379
Scope and Contents
The music is chiefly arranged for pianoforte, except MS.3378, which is for violin.
Dates:
Late 18th century-1875.
Notebooks and journals of the family of Borthwick of Crookston., 17th century-1900, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10377-10392
Dates:
17th century-1900, undated.
'Old airs, collected and written down by George Riddell. Begun in 1903’., 1903.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.3042-3043
Scope and Contents
108 airs, with many of which the words of one verse are given. To some, George Riddell has added a note stating where he obtained the melody.
Dates:
1903.
'Old airs, collected and written down by George Riddell. Begun in 1903, book I', containing airs 1-84., 1903.
File
Identifier: MS.3042
'Old airs, collected and written down by George Riddell. Begun in 1903, book II', containing airs 85-108., 1903.
File
Identifier: MS.3043
Panmure music books.
Series
Identifier: MSS.9447-9476
Scope and Contents
MSS.9447-9458 consist of Scottish and English music, and French lute music, all dating from before 1675. MSS.9459-9469 consist of French music brought to Scotland by James and Harie Maule after their visits to France between 1678 and 1683. MSS.9470-9475 are opera scores and parts acquired by James Maule when in exile in Italy after the 1715 rising.
Dates:
1612-Early 19th century.
Papers of John Murdoch Henderson.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21669-21713
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of the transcriptions, arrangements, and research notes compiled by John Murdoch Henderson between the mid 1920s and his death in 1972. Henderson's particular interest was in music for the Scottish fiddle, and in addition to extensive work on the older sources of such music, he was an authority on the compositions of his contemporaries, who seem frequently to have sought his advice. In addition to his own material, the collection contains many autograph compositions of...
Dates:
17th century-1972.
Papers of Lady Evelyn Stewart-Murray (1868-1940).
Series
Identifier: MSS.14884-14889
Scope and Contents
Gaelic manuscripts of Lady Evelyn Stewart-Murray (1868-1940), third daughter of John James Hugh Henry Stewart-Murray, 7th duke of Atholl (1840-1917). Having learned Gaelic in her youth, she collected 240 Gaelic folk tales in Perthshire (the manuscripts now held in Blair Castle), and also left behind notebooks of Gaelic songs and other Gaelic material. The contents are as follows.MS.14884. Songs copied from McLagan Collection; small collection of hymns...
Dates:
Late 19th century-early 20th century.
Papers of the family of Borthwick of Crookston.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.10371-10392
Dates:
1684-1904, undated.
Parts of music books containing piobaireachd tunes., Late 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.22126
Scope and Contents
The volume consists of a pair of covers of a music book 'Presented to Ronald Mac Kenzie Pipe Major 78th Highlanders (Ross Shire Buffs) by his cousin John Ronald...' between 1870 and 1879, containing the front cover of a music book (folio ii) presented to 'Pipe Major Ronald Mackenzie from J.G. Hopkinson ... 1897' followed by three gatherings and some loose leaves from a music book containing piobaireachd tunes numbered 61-290, 319-324, with several unnumbered (folio 1), and loose leaves from...
Dates:
Late 19th century.
Photocopies of a collection of music books.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21777-21783
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1st half of 19th century.
Photocopy of a music book of Adam Miren, dancing master, Dufftown, containing dance tunes in simple treble notation., 1st half of 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.21778
Scope and Contents
Adam Miren's name is recorded on folio 1.
Dates:
1st half of 19th century.
Photocopy of a music book of Elizabeth Hickton, Rothes, containing dances and a few hymn tunes., 1st half of 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.21781
Scope and Contents
Elizabeth Hickton's name is recorded on folio 3.
Dates:
1st half of 19th century.
Photocopy of a music book of Miss Bessie Innes, Boghall, Auchindown, containing Scottish and a few north of England dance tunes, and songs, apparently added in another hand., [1837, or after-?1849.]
Item
Identifier: MS.21782
Scope and Contents
The owner is recorded on folio 1.
The book appears to have been begun no earlier than 1837 (folio 2).
Dates:
[1837, or after-?1849.]
Photocopy of an unidentified music book containing dance tunes., 1st half of 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.21780
Dates:
1st half of 19th century.
Photocopy of an unidentified music book containing dance tunes., 1st half of 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.21783
Dates:
1st half of 19th century.
Photocopy of an unidentified music book containing dance tunes in simple treble notation., 1st half of 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.21779
Dates:
1st half of 19th century.
Photocopy of an unidentified music book containing dances and marches in simple treble notation., 1st half of 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.21777
Dates:
1st half of 19th century.
Photocopy of "W.R. Kinnear's pipe-music book. A choice selection of strathspeys [and] reels".
Item
Identifier: MS.22129
Scope and Contents
It would appear, from notes at folio 3, that W R Kinnear was a piper in the 92nd Foot, and that the music book was written, or at least begun, not long before 1863.
Dates:
[Before 1863.]