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George Baillie Collection of Music Manuscripts
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1061
Scope and Contents
This collection contains music manuscripts dating mainly from the 18th and 19th centuries, which belonged to George Baillie. It mostly consists of arias and cantatas by composers such as Giovanni Bononcini, Alessandro Scarlatti, Giovanni Pergolese, George Handel, and many more. Most of the manuscripts are in Italian.
A few later manuscripts from the 20th century have obviously been subsequently added to the collection, although there is no information on their provenance.
A few later manuscripts from the 20th century have obviously been subsequently added to the collection, although there is no information on their provenance.
Dates:
1700-1830; 20th century
Robert Forester's book of music
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1069
Scope and Contents
The music in the book (49 pages) includes: strathspeys, hornpipes, quicksteps, reels, and jigs.
Dates:
1818
The Tovey Collection
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-411
Scope and Contents
The papers include a wide range of material ranging from notes and drafts of lectures to accounts and administrative material, drafts of broadcasts to photographs and diaries, and cuttings and reviews. There is also correspondence between Tovey and Weisse, Tovey and Joachim, and Tovey and Speyer. There are also other miscellaneous papers and material.Alongside Tovey's own papers are those of his biographer Mary Grierson, who appears to have added to the original collection while using it...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1887-1977
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- Baillie, George, 1664-1738 (Scottish politician) 1
- Forester, Robert, fl. 1818 1
- Grierson, Mary Gardner (pianist and conductor) 1
- Newman, Sidney Thomas Mayow (Reid Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh) 1
- Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940 (Reid Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh) 1
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