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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 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.

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.