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Overtures. Musical compositions.

 Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: An orchestral piece at the beginning of a musical work; also, an independent orchestral composition in one movement. Source: 'Concise Oxford English dictionary', 11th edition (Oxford, 2004).

Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:

Autograph score of the overture “Tam o' Shanter”, Opus 51, by Malcolm Arnold, bearing several marks from use in performance.

 Item
Identifier: MS.21863
Dates: 1955.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts

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
Dates: 1st quarter of 20th century-3rd quarter of 20th century.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Scores of operatic works by James A Moonie, and autograph and fair copies of scores, and correspondence of his son William B Moonie. / Autograph and fair copies of scores and parts, and correspondence, of William B Moonie. / Scores and orchestral parts of works composed or arranged by W B Moonie.

Full score and piano reduction of ‘The magic mirror’ by G W Crawford, an overture to a musical play by W R Meredith., [?1892-?1941.]

 File
Identifier: MS.21899
Dates: [?1892-?1941.]
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / 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. / Orchestral music of G W Crawford. / Overtures of G W Crawford.

Full score and piano reduction of ‘The red flag’ by G W Crawford., [?1892-?1941.]

 File
Identifier: MS.21898
Dates: [?1892-?1941.]
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / 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. / Orchestral music of G W Crawford. / Overtures of G W Crawford.

Full score of ‘A [sic] Comedy of Errors by Shakespeare’ by G W Crawford., 1934.

 Item
Identifier: MS.21896
Scope and Contents

The score is dated ‘9/2/34’ (page 51).

Dates: 1934.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / 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. / Orchestral music of G W Crawford. / Overtures of G W Crawford.

Full score of overture and incidental music of G W Crawford to ‘Cardinal Beaton’, a drama by W Roberton., [?1892-?1941]

 File
Identifier: MS.21963
Scope and Contents

A leaf is tipped in at folio 28, containing music to replace that cancelled on folio 27 verso.

Dates: [?1892-?1941]
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / 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. / Music of G W Crawford for stage works. / Incidental music of G W Crawford.

Full score of ‘Parnassus’ by G W Crawford., [?1892-?1941.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.21900
Scope and Contents

Possibly an early work, from the appearance of the hand.

Dates: [?1892-?1941.]
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / 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. / Orchestral music of G W Crawford. / Overtures of G W Crawford.

Full score of the overture of ‘The lady of the lake’ by G W Crawford., [?1892-?1941.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.21952
Dates: [?1892-?1941.]
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / 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. / Music of G W Crawford for stage works. / Operas of G W Crawford. / Full scores and vocal score of ‘The lady of the lake’, an opera in four acts adapted by G W Crawford from the poem by Sir Walter Scott.

Full score of the overture to ‘The Grand Lama’ by G W Crawford., [?1892-?1941.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.21949
Dates: [?1892-?1941.]
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / 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. / Music of G W Crawford for stage works. / Operas of G W Crawford. / Scores and piano reductions of ‘The Grand Lama’, a comic opera in three acts by G W Crawford, with libretto by James N McLaurin.

‘George and the dragon’ by G W Crawford, a comic opera in three acts with a libretto by James N McLaurin., [?1905.]

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21937-21939
Scope and Contents

The work was written in or about 1905 (MS.21937, folio 32 verso; cf. MS.21939, folio 45).

Dates: [?1905.]
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / 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. / Music of G W Crawford for stage works. / Operas of G W Crawford.

Incidental music of G W Crawford., [?1892-?1941.]

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21963-21967
Dates: [?1892-?1941.]
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / 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. / Music of G W Crawford for stage works.

Instrumental parts for the overture, and vocal and choral parts for the rest of the opera ‘George and the dragon’ by G W Crawford., [?1905.]

 File
Identifier: MS.21939
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) Woodwind, brass and timpani parts for the overture (folio 1); (ii) Vocal and choral parts for the rest of the opera (folio 51).

Dates: [?1905.]
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / 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. / Music of G W Crawford for stage works. / Operas of G W Crawford. / ‘George and the dragon’ by G W Crawford, a comic opera in three acts with a libretto by James N McLaurin.

Microfilm of autograph score of the overture “Tam o' Shanter”, Opus 51, by Malcolm Arnold, bearing several marks from use in performance.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1023
Dates: 1955.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts

Miscellaneous collection of instrumental music by Learmont Drysdale., [1893-1898.]

 File
Identifier: MS.3212
Scope and Contents

Includes a piano score of the overture 'Herondean' (folio 32), a Maypole dance from 'The Red Spider' (folio 3), and duplicates of MS.3207: Ballade, for violin and piano (folio 9).

Dates: [1893-1898.]
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Operatic, instrumental, and vocal music by Learmont Drysdale (died 1909), much of it in the composer's autograph.

Miscellaneous collection of music, and of lectures and writings (many fragmentary) on music, and on Scottish music in particular, by Francis George Scott.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.22019-22020
Dates: 1913-1951, undated.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts

Miscellaneous orchestral music of Ian Whyte., Mid 20th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.22083
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Overture 'Dublin days' (folio 1);(ii) Overture 'Jolly beggars' (folio 9);(iii) Ode for orchestra (folio 14);(iv) Tone poem or scherzo “Tam o' Shanter”: two versions of the opening in full score and two versions in short score of the complete work (folio 22);(v) An untitled tone poem (folio 51);(vi) The opening of a tone poem 'Marmion' (folio 65);(vii) A fanfare, with various...
Dates: Mid 20th century.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Orchestral, vocal and other music scores of Ian Whyte, and papers and music of his son, Don Whyte, chiefly undated. / Orchestral, vocal and other music scores of Ian Whyte. / Orchestral music of Ian Whyte.

Music and papers on music, chiefly undated, of F G Scott., [1913-1951.]

 File
Identifier: MS.22019
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Short score of the overture ‘Renaissance’ (folio 1);(ii) Settings of songs (folio 12) and various musical compositions and transcriptions (folio 34);(iii) Letter and draft prospectus, 1944, of William Maclellan (folio 55);(iv) Lectures (folio 61);(v) Notes and other writings on music (folio 68);(vi) Extracts from music reference books (folios 100).Some of the musical...
Dates: [1913-1951.]
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Miscellaneous collection of music, and of lectures and writings (many fragmentary) on music, and on Scottish music in particular, by Francis George Scott.

Music books of John Davidson containing parts of an arrangement for string quartet of the overture and other pieces from J F Lampe's burlesque opera 'The Dragon of Wantley', first produced in 1737; and arrangements of Davidson’s Sonata Number 8 for violin and piano, and of pieces by Mozart and Weber., [?1910.]

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22034-22037
Scope and Contents

The music is undated but may have been written about 1910.

Dates: [?1910.]
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Musical compositions and other papers, 1871-1926, undated, of John Davidson; and correspondence and compositions [circa 1883- circa 1917], undated, of James Scott Skinner. / Musical compositions and other papers, chiefly undated, of John Davidson. / Music of John Davidson chiefly for string quartet.

Music of John Davidson chiefly for string quartet., [?1871-?1926.]

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22022-22046
Dates: [?1871-?1926.]
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Musical compositions and other papers, 1871-1926, undated, of John Davidson; and correspondence and compositions [circa 1883- circa 1917], undated, of James Scott Skinner. / Musical compositions and other papers, chiefly undated, of John Davidson.

Music of John Davidson for piano., [?1871-?1926.]

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22058-22069
Dates: [?1871-?1926.]
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Musical compositions and other papers, 1871-1926, undated, of John Davidson; and correspondence and compositions [circa 1883- circa 1917], undated, of James Scott Skinner. / Musical compositions and other papers, chiefly undated, of John Davidson.

Orchestral music of G W Crawford., [?1892-?1941.]

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21881-21910
Dates: [?1892-?1941.]
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / 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.

Orchestral music of Ian Whyte., Mid 20th century.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22082-22084
Dates: Mid 20th century.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Orchestral, vocal and other music scores of Ian Whyte, and papers and music of his son, Don Whyte, chiefly undated. / Orchestral, vocal and other music scores of Ian Whyte.

Overture 'Ali Baba' by John Davidson., [?1871-?1926.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.22060
Dates: [?1871-?1926.]
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Musical compositions and other papers, 1871-1926, undated, of John Davidson; and correspondence and compositions [circa 1883- circa 1917], undated, of James Scott Skinner. / Musical compositions and other papers, chiefly undated, of John Davidson. / Music of John Davidson for piano.

Overture to ‘Cardinal Beaton’, a drama by W Roberton, arranged by G W Crawford for brass band., [?1892-?1941.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.21934
Dates: [?1892-?1941.]
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / 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. / Brass and military band compositions and arrangements by G W Crawford.

Overtures of G W Crawford., [?1892-?1941.]

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21896-21901
Dates: [?1892-?1941.]
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / 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. / Orchestral music of G W Crawford.

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