Scores.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Original and entire drafts or transcripts of musical compositions or arrangements, typically with the parts of all the different instruments or voices written on staffs one above another, so that they can be read at a glance. Also, musical compositions recorded as a distribution of the parts (Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 1933).
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Correspondence of Ronald Stevenson addressed to Roger Duce, with a composition dedicated to Duce.
File
Identifier: Acc.14286
Content Description
A small collection of correspondence of Roger Duce, former curator of music collections at the National Library of Scotland. Contains:Christmas card, 1990, home-made with two lines of music to the words "Blessed are the peacemakers", to Roger Duce and his family from Ronald and Marjorie Stevenson. Together with the manuscript score of a composition for the piano, 19 bars, entitled "Homage to Roger Duce : Passaggiata del Bibliotecario (a Satiesque Satire)", with a theme built on...
Dates:
1990-1999