Parts. Scores.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: The musical notation within a music score specific to a particular instrument. Such instrument parts may either be represented together in a single score, by stave one below the other, or else as separate parts, one for each instrument. Not to be confused with the looser usage of the term as applied to specific parts of the music for an instrument, for example the treble and the bass parts for the piano.
Found in 104 Collections and/or Records:
Band parts for brass and percussion for 'The lads of Whamphray' by Percy Grainger., 1904-1905.
File
Identifier: MS.21871
Scope and Contents
The parts are for trombone, euphonium, baritone, tuba, string bass and percussion.
Dates:
1904-1905.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscripts of musical compositions of Percy Grainger, chiefly related in some way to Scotland.
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Score, parts and arrangements of 'The lads of Wamphray' by Percy Grainger.
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Band parts for 'The lads of Whamphray' by Percy Grainger.
Band parts for 'The lads of Whamphray' by Percy Grainger., 1904-1905.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21869-21871
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the pieces are related in some way to Scotland.
Dates:
1904-1905.
Band parts for woodwind and brass for 'The lads of Whamphray' by Percy Grainger., 1904-1905.
File
Identifier: MS.21870
Scope and Contents
The parts are for bassoon, alto saxophone, bass saxophone, trumpet, cornet and horns.
Dates:
1904-1905.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscripts of musical compositions of Percy Grainger, chiefly related in some way to Scotland.
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Score, parts and arrangements of 'The lads of Wamphray' by Percy Grainger.
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Band parts for 'The lads of Whamphray' by Percy Grainger.
Band parts for woodwind for 'The lads of Whamphray' by Percy Grainger., 1904-1905.
File
Identifier: MS.21869
Scope and Contents
The parts are for piccolo, flute, oboe and clarinets.
Dates:
1904-1905.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscripts of musical compositions of Percy Grainger, chiefly related in some way to Scotland.
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Score, parts and arrangements of 'The lads of Wamphray' by Percy Grainger.
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Band parts for 'The lads of Whamphray' by Percy Grainger.
Band parts of Scottish dance tunes originally the property of Jockie Reid, a dance band leader and dancing instructor.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21828-21831
Scope and Contents
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.
Bass parts of Scottish dance tunes., Early 20th century-mid 20th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.21828
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.
Books containing Scottish fiddle music., 1792-1869.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21703-21707
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:
1792-1869.
Cello part of an arrangement for string quartet by John Davidson of ‘11 duets for two violins & other pieces’., [?1871-?1926.]
File
Identifier: MS.22046
Scope and Contents
Leaves have been cut out after folio 23.
Dates:
[?1871-?1926.]
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 chiefly for string quartet.
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Composite volumes containing the first and second violin, viola and cello parts of an arrangement for string quartet by John Davidson of ‘11 duets for two violins & other pieces’.
Cello part of the piano quintet in G by W B Moonie., 1918.
Item
Identifier: MS.21630
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
These papers, the surviving archive of the Edinburgh Society of Musicians, run from the foundation of the Society in 1887 - though it includes a small amount of earlier material - to 1982, and in addition to providing a very full account of the Society's own history, it contains much concerning the history of music-making in Edinburgh in the 20th Century. Included in the collection are the papers of the Edinburgh Harmonists' Society which could trace its descent from the Edinburgh Musical...
Dates:
1918.
Chamber music, undated, of Ronald Center., Mid 20th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22179-22185
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The musical compositions consist of final versions (MSS.22171-22186), and sketches, drafts and fragments (MSS.22187-22193). The other papers consist largely of press cuttings.
Dates:
Mid 20th century.
'Characteristic pieces for violin and piano' by John Davidson, containing the violin part of most of the pieces in MS.22047, followed by the score of two pieces for violin and piano., [?1871-?1926.]
File
Identifier: MS.22054
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
John Davidson, a member of the family of J & A Davidson, coal merchants and shipping agents, Aberdeen, was an amateur musician and composer. His preferred medium appears to have been the string quartet, but he composed and arranged pieces also for other combinations of instruments, chiefly strings. A number of pieces appear in more than one form. The collection contains both full scores and parts.The earliest and latest dates discernible are 1871 and 1926, but almost...
Dates:
[?1871-?1926.]
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 violin and piano.
Clarinet parts of Scottish dance tunes., Early 20th century-mid 20th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.21829
Scope and Contents
An index of tunes, and several pieces on loose leaves formerly dispersed throughout the volume have been bound in at the front.
Dates:
Early 20th century-mid 20th century.
Composite volumes containing the first and second violin, viola and cello parts of an arrangement for string quartet by John Davidson of ‘11 duets for two violins & other pieces’., [?1871-?1926.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22043-22046
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
John Davidson, a member of the family of J & A Davidson, coal merchants and shipping agents, Aberdeen, was an amateur musician and composer. His preferred medium appears to have been the string quartet, but he composed and arranged pieces also for other combinations of instruments, chiefly strings. A number of pieces appear in more than one form. The collection contains both full scores and parts.The earliest and latest dates discernible are 1871 and 1926, but almost...
Dates:
[?1871-?1926.]
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 chiefly for string quartet.
Copies of the violin part of a divertimento for string orchestra by Ronald Center., [1952, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.22175
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The musical compositions consist of final versions (MSS.22171-22186), and sketches, drafts and fragments (MSS.22187-22193). The other papers consist largely of press cuttings.
Dates:
[1952, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn.
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Musical compositions of Ronald Center.
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Final versions of musical compositions of Ronald Center.
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Music for string orchestra by Ronald Center.
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Score and copies of the violin part of a divertimento for string orchestra by Ronald Center.
Copy, in a twentieth-century hand, of ‘Pièces en trio pour les flutes, violon et dessus de viole’ by Marin Marais: bass part., 1692.
Item
Identifier: MS.21845
Scope and Contents
At the beginning is a photograph of the title page (folio i) and copies of the preliminaries (folios ii verso-iv).
Dates:
1692.
Copy, in an eighteenth-century hand, of ‘Pièces en trio pour les flutes, violon et dessus de viole’ by Marin Marais: first treble part., 1692.
Item
Identifier: MS.21843
Copy, in an eighteenth-century hand, of ‘Pièces en trio pour les flutes, violon et dessus de viole’ by Marin Marais: second treble part., 1692.
Item
Identifier: MS.21844
Copy of ‘Pièces en trio pour les flutes, violon et dessus de viole’ by Marin Marais.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21843-21845
Dates:
1692.
Facsimile of chorus part of acts I-III of 'Christian the pilgrim', an opera, undated, by James A Moonie, with words adapted by George Peacock from “Pilgrim's progress” by John Bunyan; and a vocal trio from 'A broken coupling', undated, an operetta by Moonie.
File
Identifier: MS.22015
Dates:
1st quarter of 20th century-3rd quarter of 20th century.
Final versions of musical compositions of Ronald Center., Mid 20th century-[?1973], undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22171-22186
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The musical compositions consist of final versions (MSS.22171-22186), and sketches, drafts and fragments (MSS.22187-22193). The other papers consist largely of press cuttings.
Dates:
Mid 20th century-[?1973], undated.
First violin part of an arrangement for string quartet by John Davidson of ‘11 duets for two violins & other pieces’., [?1871-?1926.]
File
Identifier: MS.22043
Scope and Contents
A single leaf is pasted to folio 20.
Dates:
[?1871-?1926.]
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 chiefly for string quartet.
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Composite volumes containing the first and second violin, viola and cello parts of an arrangement for string quartet by John Davidson of ‘11 duets for two violins & other pieces’.
First violin part of 'Anagilda', an opera in three acts., 1717.
Item
Identifier: MS.9473
Scope and Contents
This is a composite work, being a collection of arias by various north Italian composers, interspersed with anonymous recitatives.
Dates:
1717.
First violin part of arrangements for string quartet of 'Scots national melodies &C’ by John Davidson., [?1871-?1926.]
File
Identifier: MS.22074
Scope and Contents
A made-up volume comprising a gathering of leaves bound up within two sheets of cardboard.
The last two pieces (pages 36-48) are fully scored, and two other pieces (pages 32, 34) are scored for violin and cello.
Dates:
[?1871-?1926.]
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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Miscellaneous music of John Davidson.
First violin part of the piano quintet in G by W B Moonie., 1918.
Item
Identifier: MS.21627
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
These papers, the surviving archive of the Edinburgh Society of Musicians, run from the foundation of the Society in 1887 - though it includes a small amount of earlier material - to 1982, and in addition to providing a very full account of the Society's own history, it contains much concerning the history of music-making in Edinburgh in the 20th Century. Included in the collection are the papers of the Edinburgh Harmonists' Society which could trace its descent from the Edinburgh Musical...
Dates:
1918.
Full score, 1925, of 'Burns' suite for small orchestra; and parts, undated, for viola, bass, harp and keyboard of W B Moonie's concert overture '1745', opus 14., 1st quarter of 20th century-3rd quarter of 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.21985
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
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
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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.