Musical compositions.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: General term for the creation and conceptual arrangements of music into works to be performed.
Found in 185 Collections and/or Records:
Full scores of two works of chamber music by David Stephen., 1899, 1920.
File
Identifier: MS.22158
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Full score of a work in one movement for string quartet entitled 'Epithalamium', 1920 (folio 1);
(ii) Full score of ‘Trio in B flat major for piano, oboe & horn’, a work in three movements, or sections, composed apparently in 1899, which won the Leslie Alexander Prize and was first performed in 1900 (folio 3).
Dates:
1899, 1920.
Full scores, undated, of various settings of 'Perthshire echoes', a suite of arrangements of Scottish airs or tunes named after various places in the county., 1st quarter of 20th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21998-21999
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Some of the scores are incomplete.
Dates:
1st quarter of 20th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Scores of operatic works by James A Moonie, and autograph and fair copies of scores, and correspondence of his son William B Moonie.
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Autograph and fair copies of scores and parts, and correspondence, of William B Moonie.
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Scores and orchestral parts of works composed or arranged by W B Moonie.
'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.
Letter, 1960, to Don Whyte, returning him a script, 1949, of a broadcast; and music, undated, of pieces composed or arranged by Whyte used in Children's Hour broadcasts., 1949, 1960, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.22094
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Apart from the film music, which is datable to 1947-1948 from the accompanying correspondence and papers (MSS.22085-22086), almost all the music is undated; but from the ink used, some of it may be dated to about the same period.
Except where otherwise stated the music is written as for keyboard.
Dates:
1949, 1960, undated.
Letters of James Scott Skinner to Charles Sutherland, and musical compositions of Skinner., 1917, 1921, 1923-1924, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.22078, folios 4-49
Dates:
1917, 1921, 1923-1924, undated.
Lists or indexes compiled by John Murdoch Henderson, with lectures by Henderson on musical subjects and other miscellaneous material., Mid 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.21710
Scope and Contents
The lists or indexes are of the following material:(i) Sheet music of Scottish interest (folio 1);(ii) Printed compositions, 1930, by James Scott Skinner (folio 62);(iii) The collections, 1931, printed by the Gow family (folio 69);(iv) Scottish Country dances with tunes and alternatives found in various collections published from 1924 onwards (folio 78);(v) Tutors and collections of bagpipe music, 1948 (folio 83);(vi)...
Dates:
Mid 20th century.
Loose sheets of music with accompanying material., 19th century-1943.
File
Identifier: MS.22141
Scope and Contents
Much of the music consists of traditional Scottish tunes. In addition there are some French pieces (folios 84) and various tunes apparently copied from teaching books.The loose sheets of music (folio 1) are preceded by a letter, 1943, to a former owner of MSS.22137-22141: Music books of fiddle music written by William McKinley (folio i), and followed by an unidentified nineteenth-century photograph (folio 90), a press-cutting, ?1932 (folio 91), and strips of paper containing...
Dates:
19th century-1943.
Manuscript arrangement for pianoforte, undated, made by Percy Grainger of ‘Air and dance’ by Frederick Delius., 1915.
Item
Identifier: MS.21862, folios 1-2
Dates:
1915.
Manuscript, 'Melody for orchestra', by Learmont Drysdale; the full score in separate parts., [Before 1910.]
Item
Identifier: MS.3208
Manuscript of bass parts of pieces of music chiefly by Jean Baptiste Lully., Late 17th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.9463
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Many of these pieces are already represented in MSS.9459-9461, but in addition there are a sarabande, three minuets and a chaconne (numbers 28, 29, 32, 33, 74) from the 'Trios pour le coucher du roi', one ritournelle from 'Proserpine', and a suite of twelve pieces from 'Belérophon'. There are also two pieces (numbers 40 and 41) attributed to Monsieur de la Voye.
Dates:
Late 17th century.
Manuscript of the treble and bass parts of 157 pieces of music (numbered to 154) chiefly by Jean Baptiste Lully., Late 17th century.
Item
Identifier: MSS.9462-9463
Scope and Contents
Many of these pieces are already represented in MSS.9459-9461, but in addition there are a sarabande, three minuets and a chaconne (numbers 28, 29, 32, 33, 74) from the 'Trios pour le coucher du roi', one ritournelle from 'Proserpine', and a suite of twelve pieces from 'Belérophon'. There are also two pieces (numbers 40 and 41) attributed to Monsieur de la Voye.
Dates:
Late 17th century.
Manuscript of the treble parts of pieces of music chiefly by Jean Baptiste Lully., Late 17th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.9462
Scope and Contents
The volume includes three pieces by Verdict for bass viol (folios 92 verso-94).
Dates:
Late 17th century.
Material gathered by John Murdoch Henderson in connection with an attempt to categorise Scottish music by theme, style, and key., [Circa 1930]-1953, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21694-21699
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:
[Circa 1930]-1953, undated.
Microfilm of a volume of manuscript music written in part by Robert Millar and evidently owned by John Cameron., 19th century.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1353
Microfilm of music manuscripts, 1590-1793. Reel 1., 16th century-[circa 1700].
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1255
Scope and Contents
The Carver Choirbook, a sixteenth-century manuscript also known as the Scone Antiphonary (Adv.MS.5.1.15);Music notebook, circa 1700 (Adv.MS.5.2.11);Leyden Song Book, circa 1639: a collection of songs, instrumental pieces, and psalms, possibly compiled by Williane Stirling, with later additions. (Adv.MS.5.2.14);Skene Manuscript, ?1615-?1635: a collection of 117 pieces in tablature for the mandora, apparently compiled by John Skene (? of Hallyards,...
Dates:
16th century-[circa 1700].
Microfilm of music manuscripts, 1590-1793. Reel 2., [Circa 1704]-1st half of 19th century.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1256
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Notebook, circa 1754, containing works on musical theory, psalm tunes, miscellaneous recipes and a poem (Adv.MS.5.2.16);Music book, circa 1704, of Agnes Hume (Adv.MS.5.2.17);Extracts, 1839, from the lute book, 1627-1629, of Robert Gordon of Straloch, transcribed in tablature by George Farquhar Graham. (Adv.MS.5.2.18);Leyden Lyra-Viol Book, 1st half of 19th century: a `Copy of the Tunes in Tablature in Doctor John Leyden`s...
Dates:
[Circa 1704]-1st half of 19th century.
Microfilm of music manuscripts, 1590-1793. Reel 3., Late 17th century-late 18th century.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1257
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Music book of M Carter, containing the words and melodies (occasionally with bass) of songs from late 17th- and early 18th-century operas (Adv.MS.23.1.20)Music book, late 17th century-early 18th century, of George Chalmers containing catches (mostly for three voices) and songs (Adv.MS.81.9.12);Music book, [circa 1715], of John Skene (Adv.MS.5.2.21);Music for flute, late 18th century (Adv.MS.5.2.22);Music, ?2nd...
Dates:
Late 17th century-late 18th century.
Microfilm of music manuscripts, 1590-1793. Reel 4., 1627-18th century.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1258
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Extracts, 1845, from the manuscript lute-book, 1627-1629, (now lost) of Robert Gordon of Straloch, made by George Farquhar Graham (MS.349);Songs, airs from oratorios, minuets, etc., [1759, or after], written out at the end of an imperfect copy of ‘Lessons on the practice of singing, with an addition of the church tunes, in four parts, and a collection of hymns; canons, airs and catches, for the improvement of beginners', by Cornforth Gilson...
Dates:
1627-18th century.
Microfilm of music manuscripts, 1590-1793. Reel 5., Late 16th century-[before 1743].
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1259
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Antiphoner, late 16th century (MS.1905);Antiphoner, probably of the late sixteenth century with later additions (MS.1906);Two folios, numbered ccxlii and ccxlix, probably from a late sixteenth-century gradual (MS.1907);'Collection of Scottish airs, with the latest variations. Written for the use of Walter McFarlan of that Ilk by David Young, W[riting] M[aster] in Ednr.', labelled 'Vol. II', 1740 (MS.2084);...
Dates:
Late 16th century-[before 1743].
Microfilm of music manuscripts, 1590-1793. Reel 6., 18th century-1937.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1260
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Volume of Scottish music, 1838, undated, comprising airs, Lowland and Highland, songs, dances, a pibroch, etc. (MS.2086);Book ,18th century, of English and Scottish tunes, composed by known authors and traditional. (MS.2833);List, 1937, of the tunes in MS.2833: Book of English and Scottish tunes, with remarks by Davidson Cook, a previous owner of the manuscript. (MS.2834);Music-album, [1793, or before], apparently from the...
Dates:
18th century-1937.
Microfilm of music manuscripts, 1590-1793. Reel 7., Late 17th century-1825.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1261
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Gairdyn manuscript, 1710, 1729, 1735, undated: a collection of songs, marches, minuets, sarabands, country dances, etc. (MS.3298 [Glen.37]);
‘Ann Briges’, late 17th-early 18th century (MS.3581 (ii) only (folio 3));
Hymns, with tunes, in an album, apparently of the late eighteenth century (MS.3709 [Cwn.1026]).
Dates:
Late 17th century-1825.
Microfilm of music manuscripts, 1590-1793. Reel 8., [Circa 1630]-18th century.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1262
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Song book, [circa 1630], belonging at one time to Robert Ker of Ferniehurst (later 4th Lord Jedburgh) (MS.5448);Book of dance tunes, [circa 1765], chiefly arranged for the English guitar or the cittern (MS.5449);Sixty-six pieces, [circa 1680], for violin (two in two parts), chiefly dances, with a further seven pieces in tablature (apparently for a three-stringed instrument) (MS.5777);'Lessones for ye Violin', a collection of...
Dates:
[Circa 1630]-18th century.
Microfilm of music manuscripts, 1590-1793. Reel 9. The Panmure Music Books., 1612-1696.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1263
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Music book, [?1630-?1650], of Duncan Burnett (circa 1590-1651), master of the sang schule in Glasgow, and a noted keyboard virtuoso. (MS.9447);
Virginal book, 1612, of Clement Matchett (MS.9448);
Music book, [circa 1640], of Lady Jean Campbell (MS.9449);
Common place book, [?1635-?1670], of Robert Edward (1616-1696), minister of the Murroes (MS.9450).
Dates:
1612-1696.
Microfilm of music manuscripts, 1590-1793. Reel 10. The Panmure Music Books., Mid 17th century-3rd quarter of 17th century.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1264
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Twenty-three pieces of music, mid 17th century, chiefly dances, in French lute tablature (MS.9451);About 100 pieces of music, mid 17th century, chiefly dances, in French lute tablature (MS.9452);Treble part book of seven dance pieces, 3rd quarter of 17th century, by 'Mr Simpsone' (Christopher Simpson?). (MS.9453);Seventy-seven pieces of music, dances, songs, and Scots airs, for violin, [circa 1675] (MS.9454);First...
Dates:
Mid 17th century-3rd quarter of 17th century.
Microfilm of music manuscripts, 1590-1793. Reel 11. The Panmure Music Books., 1657-1679.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1265
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Part book, 1657-1679, containing the first treble and bass parts of instrumental music in five parts by Jean Baptiste Lully (MS.9459);
Part book, 1657-1677, containing the first treble and tenor parts of instrumental music in five parts by Jean Baptiste Lully (MS.9460).
Dates:
1657-1679.