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Tablature (Musical notations).

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Systems of musical notation that use letters, numbers, or other symbols instead of conventional stave notation.

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

About 100 pieces of music, chiefly dances, in French lute tablature., Mid 17th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.9452
Scope and Contents

Many of the pieces are by Rene Mésangeau, and the manuscript closely resembles in its binding, watermark, and musical hand, a volume prepared after 1632 possibly for a pupil of Mésangeau and now in the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique in Paris - see ‘Oeuvres de René Mésangeau’ (Paris, 1971) edited by Monique Rollin. Other composers represented include Pinel (allemande, folio 33) and Dubut le père (courante, folio 54).

Dates: Mid 17th century.

Extracts, 1839, from the lute book, 1627-1629, of Robert Gordon of Straloch, transcribed in tablature by George Farquhar Graham.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.5.2.18
Scope and Contents

The manuscript consists of 30 pieces for lute, some dances, some song tunes, mostly Scottish, but including William Basse`s

`Hunter`s Career` (folios 18 verso-19). It includes an introduction giving a history of the original manuscript, some explanation of lute

tablature, and a list of the original contents.

Robert Gordon`s original manuscript is now lost.

Dates: 1839.

Kilberry book of piobaireachd, compiled by Archibald Campbell, numbers 148-161., 1910-1949, undated.

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Identifier: MS.22111
Scope and Contents From the Series: Archibald Campbell, who entered the Indian Civil Service and retired as Judge of the High Court of Lahore, was the youngest son of John Campbell of Kilberry, and Secretary of the Music Committee of the Piobaireachd Society. The material is arranged tune by tune, approximately in the order of appearance in ‘Ceol mor’ by C S Thomason, and consists of copies of the text of each piobaireachd from all authoritative sources, both printed (including some proof sheets) and manuscript....
Dates: 1910-1949, undated.

Leyden Lyra-Viol Book: a `Copy of the Tunes in Tablature in Doctor John Leyden`s Manuscript Lyra-Viol Book`, transcribed by George Farquhar Graham.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.5.2.19
Scope and Contents

The manuscript includes some details of the history of the original manuscript and a list of its contents. Most of the tunes are Scottish, but composers include Henry Purcell, John Banister, James Hart, William Lawes, and Henry Aldrich.

Dates: 1st half of 19th century.

Microfilm of two musical manuscripts, [circa 1680], from the library at Newbattle Abbey; and, a Panumre music book, mid 17th century.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.744
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Sixty-six pieces for violin, [circa 1680], (two in two parts), chiefly dances, with a further seven pieces in tablature (apparently for a three-stringed instrument) (MS.5777);

'Lessones for ye Violin', a collection of twenty-eight pieces for violin, [circa 1680], including dances, marches, a set of variations, and Scots airs (MS.5778);

Twenty-three pieces of music, chiefly dances, in French lute tablature, mid 17th century (MS.9451).

Dates: Mid 17th century-[circa 1680].

Microfilm of two Panmure music books.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.569
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Music book, [circa 1640], of Lady Jean Campbell (MS.9449), 79 frames;

About 100 pieces of music, mid 17th century, chiefly dances, in French lute tablature (MS.9452), 61 frames.

Dates: Mid 17th century.

Sixty-six pieces for violin (two in two parts), chiefly dances, with a further seven pieces in tablature (apparently for a three-stringed instrument)., [Circa 1680.]

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Identifier: MS.5777
Scope and Contents

Composers named are J[ohn] Bannister (whose allemande, courante, and contredanse on folios 2 verso-3 verso also appear in MS.9454, folios 10 verso-11 verso), [Matthew] Locke, [Raphael] Courteville, Clayton, [Louis] Grabu, Baptista [?Lully], [Robert] Smith, and [John] Jenkins.

Parts of this manuscript (e.g. folios 2 verso-4) appear to be in the same hand as MS.9454.

Dates: [Circa 1680.]

Skene Manuscript: a collection of 117 pieces in tablature for the mandora, apparently compiled by John Skene (? of Hallyards, Midlothian, died 1644).

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Identifier: Adv.MS.5.2.15
Scope and Contents

John Skene`s name appears on pages 1, 45, and 189. The manuscript is divided into eight numbered sections of which two are preceded by directions for tuning the mandora (section III) and the lute (section VII). The music is mainly Scottish, but included are `What if a day` by Thomas Campion (pages 113-114), and `Hunters Carrier` by William Basse (pages 131-132), as well as tunes from several Jacobean masques.

Dates: ?1615-?1635.

Twenty-three pieces of music, chiefly dances, in French lute tablature., Mid 17th century.

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Identifier: MS.9451
Scope and Contents

Composers named are Gautier le vieux, Gautier d'Angleterre, Vincent, Pinel, Hautman, and Bouvier.

Dates: Mid 17th century.