Marches. Musical compositions.
Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: Pieces of music composed to accompany or be suggestive of marching. Source: 'Concise Oxford English dictionary', 11th edition (Oxford, 2004).
Found in 63 Collections and/or Records:
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 an unidentified music book containing dances and marches in simple treble notation., 1st half of 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.21777
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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.
Score of 'Eleven [originally 'Nine'] duets for two violins, and a characteristic march' composed by John Davidson., [?1916.]
Item
Identifier: MS.22076
Scope and Contents
The work is undated, but the covers are portions of a calendar for 1916.
Dates:
[?1916.]
Score, parts and arrangements of 'The lads of Wamphray' by Percy Grainger., 1904-1937.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21867-21871
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the pieces are related in some way to Scotland.
Dates:
1904-1937.
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.
Scores of operatic works by James A Moonie, and autograph and fair copies of scores, and correspondence of his son William B Moonie.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21983-22014
Dates:
4th quarter of 19th century-3rd quarter of 20th century, undated.
‘To liberty’ by G W Crawford, a march for military band., 1920.
Item
Identifier: MS.21933
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the compositions of G W Crawford are written on a large scale and the collection consists chiefly of full scores, piano reductions and orchestral parts. There are very few drafts or sketches: almost all the compositions are in their final form, and many are in the hands of copyists. Most of the works are undated. Those dates that appear (usually on the last page or leaf) range from 1892 to 1941, but it is rarely clear whether these are of composition, revision or performance. Almost...
Dates:
1920.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
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Brass and military band compositions and arrangements by G W Crawford.
Transcriptions chiefly for piano (a few for violin and piano) chiefly of Scottish dances, and some marches, by John Davidson., [?1910.]
File
Identifier: MS.22065
Scope and Contents
The first piece is dated 1910.
A leaf is cut out after folio 15.
Dates:
[?1910.]
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.
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Music of John Davidson for piano.
Transcripts of reels, strathspeys, airs and other miscellaneous music chiefly in the hand of John Murdoch Henderson., 17th century-1963, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21701-21702
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, airs and other miscellaneous music, chiefly in the hand of John Murdoch Henderson., 1687-1959, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.21702
Scope and Contents
The manuscript includes some content created through a drum duplcation process.
Dates:
1687-1959, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of John Murdoch Henderson.
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Transcripts of reels, strathspeys, airs and other miscellaneous music, with some notes, chiefly in the hand of John Murdoch Henderson.
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Transcripts of reels, strathspeys, airs and other miscellaneous music chiefly in the hand of John Murdoch Henderson.
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.