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Vocal music.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Musical compositions specifically composed or arranged for voice, regardless of the notation in which they are recorded. For compositions for choir use 'Choral music'.

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Final or fair copies of compositions, 1958-1964, by Martin Dalby., 1958-1969.

 File
Identifier: MS.22142
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The compositions are preceded (MS.22142, folio ii) by a typescript list of Martin Dalby's compositions to 1968 with additions in ink to 1969.

Most of the compositions are vocal, being settings of poems or scriptural texts, with or without keyboard accompaniment.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1958-1969.

Final or fair copies of compositions by Martin Dalby., 1964-1967.

 File
Identifier: MS.22143
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The compositions are preceded (MS.22142, folio ii) by a typescript list of Martin Dalby's compositions to 1968 with additions in ink to 1969.

Most of the compositions are vocal, being settings of poems or scriptural texts, with or without keyboard accompaniment.

Dates: 1964-1967.

Final, or fair copies of musical compositions, 1958-1967, by Martin Dalby, many in his autograph, arranged in chronological order.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.22142-22143
Scope and Contents

The compositions are preceded (MS.22142, folio ii) by a typescript list of Martin Dalby's compositions to 1968 with additions in ink to 1969.

Most of the compositions are vocal, being settings of poems or scriptural texts, with or without keyboard accompaniment.

Dates: 1958-1969.

Miscellaneous pieces and scraps of music by Maude Beswick., Mid 20th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.21641
Scope and Contents

The pieces include vocal music, versions of the ‘Reverie’ and ‘Romance’ for violin and piano (MS.2635: 'Violin solos'), and ‘The waterwheel’ for piano (also found as a piece marked ‘tempo giusto’ in MS.21638 ('Piano solos').

Dates: Mid 20th century.

Miscellaneous Scottish music., 18th century-19th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.1782
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) ‘Tom and Will’ for voice, and ‘Cupids Doomsday’ for voice and virginal;

(ii) ‘A Souldier and a Sailer’ for voice and virginal;

(iii) A Largo attributed to Thomas A Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie;

(iv) ‘Rock-loving Echo’, glee, by John Turnbull;

(v) ‘Bonny wee thing’ and ‘The Cobler of Castlecary’ arranged for a brass band by George Baker, 1863.

Dates: 18th century-19th century.

Music, chiefly of W B Moonie and Maude Beswick., 1918-mid 20th century, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.21627-21642
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-mid 20th century, undated.

Orchestral, vocal and other music scores of Ian Whyte., 1947-1951, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22082-22093
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: 1947-1951, undated.

Orchestral, vocal and other music scores of Ian Whyte, and papers and music of his son, Don Whyte, chiefly undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.22082-22094
Scope and Contents

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: 1947-1960, undated.

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

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22088-22089
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: Mid 20th century.

Vocal music of John Davidson, consisting of hymns and other religious compositions and settings of songs., [?1871-?1926.]

 File
Identifier: MS.22071
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.]