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Various music collections, Part 1 & 2, c 1855-1885

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Various music collections, Part 1 & 2.

Part 1:

  1. [Melodies of all Nations] Scotch Airs, arranged for piano by William Hutchins Callcott, [London]: [Brewer & Co.], c 1860, binding broken, cover and two leaves missing, pages torn.
  2. Reminiscences of the Jacobite Airs, Sung by Mr Wilson in his popular Scottish entertainment entitled “The Adventures of Prince Charles”, arranged as a Fantasia for piano by Edward Land, in 2 vols., vol. 1, London: Duff & Stewart, undated, marked ‘Maggie Kennedy, VI’, some fingering pencilled in, binding broken, pages torn.
  3. 300 National Melodies of the British Isles, in 3 vols., vol. 2: 100 Scotch Airs, arranged. for piano by William Forde, London: R. Cocks & Co. c 1855, binding broken, several pages torn.
  4. The Melodies of Scotland, arranged for piano by F. Beaumont, Edinburgh: Wood & Co., undated, Six New Tunes for the Piano Forte, by John Drummond, Edinburgh: privately printed, undated, part of first page missing, ‘The Last Word, A New Song, Sung with Unbounded Applause by Mrs Bland’, by John Parry, London: Goulding, D’Almaine, Potter & Co., undated, three pieces stiched together.
  5. The Dance Music of Scotland, A Collection of all the best Reels and Strathspeys, both of the Highlands & Lowlands, arranged for piano by J. T. Surenne, Edinburgh: Wood & Co., undated, binding broken, random leaves from books 1 & 2 stitched together with leaves from Gow’s 1st Repository & Gow’s 4th Book. Scottish Melodies arranged for the Organ or Harmonium, by Carl Heller, London: C. Jefferys, Dundee: Methven, Simpson, & Co., undated.
  6. Scots Tunes, arranged by Marjory Kennedy Fraser, cover damaged: ‘Jenny Nettles’, ‘The Barren Rocks of Aden’, ‘The Bonnie Hoose o’ Airlie’, ‘The Barren Rocks of Aden’, ‘The De’il among the Tailors’; Fantasia’s [sic] for the PianoForte. Recollections of Burns, Scotia’s Bard. The Melodies Selected from Mr Kennedy’s Scottish Entertainment “A Nicht wi’ Burns”, composed and arranged by Edward Land, first Fantasia [of two], London: privately printed, undated, ‘A Fancy-Dress Ball on Ship-board’, ink drawing on separate sheet, attached to the reverse, [signature illegible].

Part 2:

  1. Scotch Reels. Including many of the best Strathspeys & Tunes for the Highland Schottische, arranged for violin by Thomas Robb, 1st part, London: privately printed, 1881.
  2. Lowe’s Celebrated Collection of Reels, Strathspeys & Jigs, book 1, violin edition, Edinburgh: Paterson & Sons, 1885.
  3. [Select voluntaries for organ, American organ or harmonium, arranged from the works of great masters], by [Henry] Farmer, [London]: [Joseph Williams], [19??], book 6, pp. 19-34, loose leaves; Anelli’s Edition of Scottish Melodies, four songs arranged for piano, by [Frederic] Anelli, s.l., s.n., [18??].
  4. Five loose leaves from unknown collection of Scottish tunes, arranged for piano; The Vocal Melodies of Scotland, [in 6 vols.], arranged for piano by A. C. Mackenzie, Edinburgh & Glasgow: Paterson & Sons, c 1870, book 1 – binding broken but stitched together, book 3 – binding broken, cover missing.
  5. The National Dance Music of Scotland, arranged for piano by Alexander Mackenzie, books 1, 2, & 3, Edinburgh: Mrs Mackenzie, c 1856, binding broken, several leaves missing, pages torn and cut.

Dates

  • Creation: c 1855-1885

Creator

Language of Materials

English and Scots dialect

Conditions Governing Access

Due to format, there is no current listening access to the recordings.

Extent

From the Box: 1 box

Previous reference

Gen. 282

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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