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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:

Most of the material for MS.3110: 'Collection of Ancient Piobaireachd Music...', in rough form, with jottings of some reels and marches, one or two tunes from Angus Mackay's ‘Collection of ancient Piobaireachd’, and one, apparently, from the Ballindalloch Manuscript., 1882, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.3111
Scope and Contents

Several tunes are given under names other than those which they usually bear. At folio 1 is a circular letter, undated, of Donald Stuart Macdonald, from Malta, announcing his intention of continuing Angus Mackay's publication.

Dates: 1882, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Tunes collected by Donald Stuart Macdonald, Pipe Major, 1st Battalion Royal Scots, and written down in 1882.

'MS. airs from various sources, Vol. I', being transcripts of William Thomson's ‘Orpheus Caledonius’, and music from other sources, with notes, etc., by John Muir Wood., 1876.

 File
Identifier: MS.3301 [Glen.209a]
Scope and Contents

Begun in 1876. Notes, etc., found loose in the volume have been pasted in at the end.

Dates: 1876.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscripts in the Glen Collection of Scottish music.

'MS. airs from various sources, Vol. II', being a transcript of Alexander Stuart's "Musick for Allan Ramsay's collection of songs"., 1877.

 Item
Identifier: MS.3302 [Glen.209]
Scope and Contents

With notes and lists of the contents of this and other volumes, by John Muir Wood. Begun in 1877. A sheet of music found loose in the volume has been pasted in at the end.

Dates: 1877.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscripts in the Glen Collection of Scottish music.

Music book containing dances and other tunes, of which some are by William Marshall., [1808, or after.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.21762
Scope and Contents

The music book contains leaves watermarked 1808.

Many of the pieces are written in pencil.

Dates: [1808, or after.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Sheets of music and bound volumes of poetry and music once owned by Mrs Elizabeth MacInnes, Dandaleith.

Music book containing Scottish tunes and ballroom dances., [Circa 1860.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.21730
Dates: [Circa 1860.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collections of music for fiddle.

Music book of William A Morren, Lochee, including many tunes by James Scott Skinner, and three set for bagpipe., 1929.

 Item
Identifier: MS.21676
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: 1929.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of John Murdoch Henderson. / Music composed by various 20th-century Scottish fiddlers.

Music book of William Robertson., 1930.

 Item
Identifier: MS.21681
Scope and Contents

A scrap album with tunes, chiefly for keyboard, and chiefly from published collections, pasted in. The music is in several hands, some earlier than the album as a whole.

Dates: 1930.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of John Murdoch Henderson. / Music composed by various 20th-century Scottish fiddlers.

Music by James Scott Skinner., 1894-1943, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.21680
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Autograph music and notes, 1894-1924, undated, by Scott Skinner, including signed photographs, and a note, 1915, (folio 3) on his publications. (Folio 1.)(ii) Tunes, 1904-1943, undated, by Scott Skinner in various hands, chiefly John Murdoch Henderson's. (Folio 23.)(iii) Two collections of pieces, undated, some for keyboard, and some for violin solo, by various composers, but the vast majority by Scott Skinner. Much of the...
Dates: 1894-1943, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of John Murdoch Henderson. / Music composed by various 20th-century Scottish fiddlers.

Music by James Skinner Paterson, schoolmaster at Rathven., [Circa 1905.]

 File
Identifier: MS.21677
Scope and Contents

The music consists of orchestrations of selections from William Marshall (folio 1); 'Monymusk' (folio 9), and 'Tynet' (folio 15), two suites of strathspeys; with a collection of James Paterson’s fiddle tunes in John Murdoch Henderson's hand (folio 23).

Dates: [Circa 1905.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of John Murdoch Henderson. / Music composed by various 20th-century Scottish fiddlers.

Music manuscript sketch-book of Ronald Center containing on the versos of the leaves sketches of the 'Dies irae' from the Requiem, with drafts of other pieces., Mid 20th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.22188
Scope and Contents

As well as the 'Dies Irae' (folio 1 verso; cf. MS.22173, folio 100 for the final version), there is also what appears to be a draft of a fugue in F minor, 4/4, for piano solo (folio 1); ‘Air’ (folio 8; cf. MS.22171, folio 1 for the final version) and ‘Cradle song’ (folio 10; cf. MS.22173, folio 119 for the final version).

Dates: Mid 20th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn. / Musical compositions of Ronald Center. / Drafts, sketches and fragments of musical compositions of Ronald Center. / Drafts, sketches and fragments of identified works by Ronald Center.

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.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Notebook I, Songs, 1904 and undated

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14-25/5
Scope and Contents

A notebook compiled by John Tolmie and marked "I Songs" on the cover; 33 folios. Containing mostly texts of songs in English or Scots, with humourous, often Scottish- or Irish-related themes. Most of these are copied by hand, but some are cut out from newspapers and pasted in. Undated, with the exception of the song on ff. 28v-29v, not in John Tolmie's hand, which is dated 1904. The song "The wedding of Shon Maclean" (ff.11-12) includes the melody in tonic sol-fa notation.

Dates: 1904 and undated
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Commonplace books, note books and song collections, partly in Gaelic, of Frances Tolmie, Rev. Alexander McDonald Cornfute Tolmie and John Tolmie. / Volumes compiled by or belonging to John Tolmie

'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.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Airs of songs and ballads collected, chiefly in Buchan, with a few from Angus and elsewhere, by George Riddell, Rosehearty (died 1942).

'Old airs, collected and written down by George Riddell. Begun in 1903, book I', containing airs 1-84., 1903.

 File
Identifier: MS.3042
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

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.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Airs of songs and ballads collected, chiefly in Buchan, with a few from Angus and elsewhere, by George Riddell, Rosehearty (died 1942). / 'Old airs, collected and written down by George Riddell. Begun in 1903’.

'Old airs, collected and written down by George Riddell. Begun in 1903, book II', containing airs 85-108., 1903.

 File
Identifier: MS.3043
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

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.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Airs of songs and ballads collected, chiefly in Buchan, with a few from Angus and elsewhere, by George Riddell, Rosehearty (died 1942). / 'Old airs, collected and written down by George Riddell. Begun in 1903’.

Orchestration by James Skinner Paterson of a selection of tunes by James Scott Skinner., Late 19th century-1st quarter of 20th century

 File
Identifier: MS.21678
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: Late 19th century-1st quarter of 20th century
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of John Murdoch Henderson. / Music composed by various 20th-century Scottish fiddlers.

'Over the Water to Charlie': variants of words and music, removed from MS.3132., [1900, or after.]

 File
Identifier: MS.3133
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Many of the notes are in the autographs of Frank Kidson and Thomas Davidson Cook. They are mainly textual, dealing with sources, language, spelling, etc., but some scores of tunes are given.

Dates: [1900, or after.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / ‘Songs of Robert Burns’, edited by J C Dick, and ‘Early Scottish melodies’ by John Glen, with additions and corrections in the form of notes, marginal and inserted, in the printed volumes. / ‘Early Scottish melodies’ (Edinburgh, 1900) by John Glen, with additions and corrections in the form of notes, marginal and inserted; with variants of the words and music of ‘Over the Water to Charlie’.

Papers collected by Walter McCulloch, schoolmaster in St Ninians, in his capacity as session clerk, concerning the parish of St Ninians., 1709-1850.

 Sub-Group
Identifier: MSS.9679-9684
Scope and Contents

Walter McCulloch, schoolmaster at St Ninians and session clerk from circa 1779 to 1804, was related to the Wilson family through his daughter Martha, who married Alexander Wilson, younger son of the original William Wilson.

Dates: 1709-1850.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of and concerning the firm of William Wilson and Son, tartan manufacturers in Bannockburn; and concerning the parish of St Ninians, Stirlingshire.

Papers of and concerning the firm of William Wilson and Son, tartan manufacturers in Bannockburn; and concerning the parish of St Ninians, Stirlingshire.

 Record Group
Identifier: MSS.9662-9684
Dates: 1709-1886, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

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.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of Robert Moir., 1537-1862, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.21775
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) A psalm setting by Robert Moir written on two leaves cut out of MS.21774 after folio 17 and pasted to a larger sheet of stiff paper. (Folio 1.)(ii) Extracts from newspapers and other periodical publications concerning musical topics published between 1852 and 1862 (and some from earlier sources), written on twenty-five printed bifolia (from a larger number) containing a prospectus and a subscription list for ‘Beauties of the Bible’ by...
Dates: 1537-1862, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Music books and papers of Robert Moir (died 1869), who was President of the Edinburgh Church-Music Society and subsequently Conductor of Music at St Magnus' Cathedral, Kirkwall.

Part of a collection of fiddle tunes (numbers 7-17, 43-61, 69-189), compiled circa 1812, possibly in Dumfries or Galloway., [Circa 1812.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.21723
Dates: [Circa 1812.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collections of music for fiddle.

'Pudding pyes' and other airs., [1715, or before.]

 File
Identifier: MS.3336 [Ing.40]
Dates: [1715, or before.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscripts in the collection of Scottish and other music formed by Alexander Wood Inglis, Secretary to the Board of Manufactures, including compositions by Inglis himself.

Score of 'Slow airs [for] violin & pianoforte' by John Davidson., [?1871-?1926.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.22055
Scope and Contents

Portions of the volume are blank.

Dates: [?1871-?1926.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Musical compositions and other papers, 1871-1926, undated, of John Davidson; and correspondence and compositions [circa 1883- circa 1917], undated, of James Scott Skinner. / Musical compositions and other papers, chiefly undated, of John Davidson. / Music of John Davidson for violin and piano.

Scores and orchestral parts of works composed or arranged by W B Moonie., 1st quarter of 20th century-3rd quarter of 20th century.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21985-22012
Scope and Contents

Some of the scores are incomplete.

Dates: 1st quarter of 20th century-3rd quarter of 20th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Scores of operatic works by James A Moonie, and autograph and fair copies of scores, and correspondence of his son William B Moonie. / Autograph and fair copies of scores and parts, and correspondence, of William B Moonie.

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