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Many of the tunes are stated to have been composed by Adam and John. The dates for each manuscript are mentioned at various places in the manuscript in question.

A note on the Cook family, to which Thomas Davidson Cook, the owner of the collection, belonged, is given at the end of MS.3103.

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...

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A portion has been partly chewed by mice (folios 14-20), but half the table of contents remains (folio 20) and the name Archibald Murray (folio 20 verso).

The anonymous prelude on inverted folios 11 verso-12 is that attributed in MS.9454, folios 3 verso-4, to [Davis] Mell.

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The manuscript was copied in the late nineteenth century (see note on folio i verso).

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The title is taken from folio i.

Most of the leaves have been torn out.

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The manuscript was begun in 1889 (folio i) and continued until at least 1897 (folio 93 verso).

A few leaves have been cut out at the end.

Pasted inside the front cover is an engraving, 1889, of the "Brig o' Balgownie" and a press cutting dated 1908.

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The contents are as follows: Notes, 1826-1827, of Lady John Scott on music, and songs, chiefly Scottish (MS.842);

Airs, 1824, chiefly of ballads, also of marches, etc., dedicated to Sir Walter Scott by Andrew Blaikie (MS.1578);

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 (MS.3378).