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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 315 Collections and/or Records:

Scores of various compositions for violin and piano by John Davidson., [?1871-?1926.]

 File
Identifier: MS.22057
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.]

Scottish and other dance music of Ian Whyte., Mid 20th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.22090
Scope and Contents

The contents include: An eightsome reel arranged for strings, in full score (folio 1) and other reels; Strathspeys copied from various sources (folio 18); Jigs (folio 22); Minuet (folio 24); Pavane (folio 25), fugue (folio 28), nocturnes and other pieces (folio 32), and various unidentified sketches (folio 59).

Dates: Mid 20th century.

Scottish and other songs., [Circa 1905-circa 1926.]

 File
Identifier: MS.22073
Scope and Contents

Many of the poems used are periodical contributions by contemporary Aberdeenshire men and women, possibly known personally to John Davidson. Some are by Robert Burns and some are of unidentified authorship.

The songs are preceded (folio i) by a printed programme of a concert given in Lewis 1926 at which some of the songs in the collection were sung.

It is not known if the collection was intended for publication.

Dates: [Circa 1905-circa 1926.]

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

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21911-21919
Scope and Contents From the Series: Most of the compositions of G W Crawford are written on a large scale and the collection consists chiefly of full scores, piano reductions and orchestral parts. There are very few drafts or sketches: almost all the compositions are in their final form, and many are in the hands of copyists. Most of the works are undated. Those dates that appear (usually on the last page or leaf) range from 1892 to 1941, but it is rarely clear whether these are of composition, revision or performance. Almost...
Dates: [?1892-?1941.]

'Select pieces for violin and viola arranged by J Davidson.', [?1871-?1926.]

 File
Identifier: MS.22048
Scope and Contents

The title is from folio i.

The manuscript consists of gatherings of leaves from an account book (possibly MS.22030) cut down to stubs on which are mounted single sheets and some bifolia containing the music.

At the end (folios 46 verso and what follows) are pieces for solo violin and other groups of strings.

Some of the leaves are old bills ruled and used for music.

The covers are two sheets of card.

Dates: [?1871-?1926.]

Settings, chiefly undated, by David Stephen of scriptural texts and of poems by various Scottish authors., 1934, 1943, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.22160
Scope and Contents

Except for folio 10 the settings are for voice and piano.

The songs are undated except for folio 1, 1934, and folio 34, 1943.

Dates: 1934, 1943, undated.

Settings of songs and arrangements of Scots songs, chiefly undated, for single voice and keyboard by Ronald Center., 1940, 1942, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.22172
Scope and Contents

Apart from folios 1-5, which are dated 1940, and folio 16, dated 1942, the songs and arrangements are undated.

A pencil sketch of a setting of an unidentified French poem is at folios 2 verso and 17 verso.

Dates: 1940, 1942, undated.

Sinfonietta for string orchestra, undated, by Ronald Center., Mid 20th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.22178
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.

Sketches and drafts of identified piano and choral works of Ronald Center., [?1951-?1966.]

 File
Identifier: MS.22187
Scope and Contents

Some works are written on conventional paper, but many are written on the backs of duplicated programmes of concerts and recitals given by his pupils at Huntly Gordon School at various times between 1951 and 1966.

A contents list has been provided (folio i). The dates are those of the sheets on which the sketches have been written.

Dates: [?1951-?1966.]

Sketches for String Quartet No. 2 and for a suite for strings by Ian Whyte, Mid 20th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.22091
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Sketches for ‘String quartet no. 2’ including for the first movement, with a fair copy in full score of the opening (folio 1);

(ii) Sketches for a suite for strings (folio 37).

Dates: Mid 20th century.

Song settings of Ian Whyte., Mid 20th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.22089
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Original settings of poems with pianoforte accompaniment (folio 1);

(ii) Arrangements of traditional Scottish and other airs and of poems of Burns, chiefly for solo voice and piano (folio 32);

(iii) Words and unaccompanied melodies of various Scottish airs (folio 89);

(iv) Copies of two tunes from early sources written in the same hand as that of, and on sheets probably taken from, MS.22093 (folio 96).

Dates: Mid 20th century.

Songs of David Stephen., Early 20th century.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22160-22162
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Most of the compositions appear to be unpublished.

Dates: Early 20th century.

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.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.21881-21974
Scope and Contents Most of the compositions of G W Crawford are written on a large scale and the collection consists chiefly of full scores, piano reductions and orchestral parts. There are very few drafts or sketches: almost all the compositions are in their final form, and many are in the hands of copyists. Most of the works are undated. Those dates that appear (usually on the last page or leaf) range from 1892 to 1941, but it is rarely clear whether these are of composition, revision or performance. Almost...
Dates: 1892-1941, undated.

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

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21888-21895
Scope and Contents From the Series: Most of the compositions of G W Crawford are written on a large scale and the collection consists chiefly of full scores, piano reductions and orchestral parts. There are very few drafts or sketches: almost all the compositions are in their final form, and many are in the hands of copyists. Most of the works are undated. Those dates that appear (usually on the last page or leaf) range from 1892 to 1941, but it is rarely clear whether these are of composition, revision or performance. Almost...
Dates: [?1892-?1941.]

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

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21881-21887
Scope and Contents From the Series: Most of the compositions of G W Crawford are written on a large scale and the collection consists chiefly of full scores, piano reductions and orchestral parts. There are very few drafts or sketches: almost all the compositions are in their final form, and many are in the hands of copyists. Most of the works are undated. Those dates that appear (usually on the last page or leaf) range from 1892 to 1941, but it is rarely clear whether these are of composition, revision or performance. Almost...
Dates: [?1892-?1941.]

‘The weird of Colbar’ by W B Moonie (Edinburgh, [1936]), with his notes, amendments and extensive deletions for a curtailed studio performance, presumably that broadcast in 1937., 1936.

 Item
Identifier: MS.22007
Scope and Contents

The opera was originally performed by the Glasgow Grand Opera Society in 1937.

In this arrangement, Act 1 is entirely omitted and the work begins on page 88, pages 1-87 being either cut out or sealed up. Several other groups of leaves were sealed up, but have been subsequently unsealed.

The composer's explanatory notes are on the outer and inner front cover and at folio 104.

Dates: 1936.

Three works of chamber music by Ronald Center., Mid 20th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.22179
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) Canon for violin and violoncello, with a pencil sketch of an unidentified work written on the back (folio 1); (ii) Danse rustique for violoncello and pianoforte (folio 2); (iii) Duet for violin and cello, or, other pairs of instruments (folio 15).

Dates: Mid 20th century.