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Melodies.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: That part of musical form which consists of the arrangement of single notes in musical succession to define a piece of music's essential charachter.

Found in 168 Collections and/or Records:

Copies of tunes by various 20th-century composers, chiefly from the Aberdeen area, submitted to John Murdoch Henderson for his information or comment, with a few earlier scraps., Early 20th century-mid 20th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.21693
Scope and Contents From the Series: 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: Early 20th century-mid 20th century.

Corrected proof copy of ‘Flowers of Scottish melody’ by John Murdoch Henderson., 1935.

 Item
Identifier: MS.21672
Scope and Contents From the Series: 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: 1935.

'Evening amusement, being a collection of Scots tunes and strathspey reels 1789.'

 Item
Identifier: MS.22195 [Glen.69]
Scope and Contents The title is taken from folio ii.The manuscript contains many Scottish and some other dance tunes arranged in simple treble notation, followed by an index (page 181).The tunes , which are taken from ‘Caledonian pocket companion’ by James Oswald ([circa 1745-1760]), ‘[First] collection of strathspey reels’ by Niel Gow (1784), and several other printed sources, are numbered in pencil in another hand as far as page 47, and other markings are added in pencil elsewhere....
Dates: 1789.

Groups of undated songs, untitled tunes, and notes by Joe Corrie., Mid 20th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.26539
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Joe Corrie wrote music for many of his verses, and they were performed at concerts and on the radio.

Dates: Mid 20th century.

'Harmonised tunes', being a collection of tunes by older composers, with an attempt to arrange them for string quartet, undated., 1st half of 20th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.21675
Scope and Contents From the Series: 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: 1st half of 20th century.