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Dances. Musical compositions.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Musical compositions for regulating the movements of a dance, or composed in a dance rhythm.

Found in 106 Collections and/or Records:

Transcripts of reels, strathspeys, airs and other miscellaneous music, with some notes, chiefly in the hand of John Murdoch Henderson., 17th century-1963, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21700-21702
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: 17th century-1963, undated.

Transcripts of reels, strathspeys and other miscellaneous music, chiefly undated, compiled circa 1950-circa 1970, chiefly in the hand of John Murdoch Henderson, including a note of the Scottish tunes from ‘Pills to purge melancholy’, 1719-1720, by Thomas D'Urfey., 1719-1956, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.21700
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: 1719-1956, undated.

Treble part book of seven dance pieces by 'Mr Simpsone' (Christopher Simpson?)., 3rd quarter of 17th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.9453
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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: 3rd quarter of 17th century.

Trumpet parts of Scottish dance tunes., Early 20th century-mid 20th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.21831
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Each volume contains a number of additional pieces on loose sheets which have been tipped in, but the latter half of each volume is blank.

Dates: Early 20th century-mid 20th century.

Twenty-three pieces of music, chiefly dances, in French lute tablature., Mid 17th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.9451
Scope and Contents

Composers named are Gautier le vieux, Gautier d'Angleterre, Vincent, Pinel, Hautman, and Bouvier.

Dates: Mid 17th century.

Volume of Scottish music, comprising airs, Lowland and Highland, songs, dances, a pibroch, etc., 1838, undated.

 Item
Identifier: MS.2086
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.

Dates: 1838, undated.