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Manuscript music book containing music for 43 Scottish, German and French dances

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-1425

Scope and Contents

The first leaf of the oblong 8vo item of [60]pp. is headed 'Scottish Quadrilles'. It includes German and French examples as well as a couple of waltzes and a mazurka. Many of the tunes are initialled and are dated from October 1850 to April 1857, some with the location Wemyss. The volume was produced by M'Dowall, Greig and Wahler, lithographic and letterpress printers, Edinburgh. It has a coloured scrollwork cover.

Dates: 1850-1857

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Manuscript music book containing music for 182 Strathspeys and Reels

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-1426

Scope and Contents This volume containing the music for 182 strathspeys and reels also includes the identities of the composers. Oblong 8vo, 106 pp, paper watermarked 1830. There is a partial index. It contains signatures of William Sutherland and John Roy Stuart to the rear and others have been erased from the front. Tunes include: Lady Montgomerie, composed by the Earl of Eglinton Shela O Neal composed...

Dates: 1830

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Manuscript music book containing the music for 74 Scottish airs

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-1427

Scope and Contents

This volume containing the music for 74 Scottish airs, includes:

Cauld Kail in Aberdeen
The bush aboon Traquair
Oh! Open the door Lord Gregory
Auld Robin Gray

Oblong 8vo, 24pp. Paper watermarked 1804. Signature of James Aikman, Perth.

Dates: 1804

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of George Firth relating to his published work on Donald Tovey

Fonds — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Coll-1471

Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of a typed draft, other drafts, a spiral bound copy of Donald Francis Tovey a portrait of a great man and a loose-leaf copy. There is also correspondence, transcriptions and copies of correspondence, scripts, notes, talks, programmes, photographs, and ephemera.

Dates: 1880-1980

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Marjory Kennedy-Fraser

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-1036

Scope and Contents The content of the Papers at shelfmark Gen. 273-286 include a manuscript volume of Gaelic songs, manuscripts and proofs of The songs of the Hebrides, papers relating to The Seal Woman, proofs of Life of Song, and newspaper cuttings. Correspondence at shelfmark Gen. 519-520 includes letters from various members of the Kennedy family in Italy to the family at home, 1879-1880, letters to...

Dates: 1879-1930

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Professor Alexander C. Aitken

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-1068

Scope and Contents The collections is composed of autobiographical, biographical, memoir, and obituary material relating to Professor A. C. Aitken; war souvenirs and maps; correspondence relating to Aitken's publication From Gallipoli to the Somme; review material relating to From Gallipoli to the Somme; circa 20 photographs, both portrait and group; 3 commonplace (scrap-)books containing cuttings and newspaper articles on a variety of...

Dates: 1894-1980

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Professor Frederick Niecks

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-1086

Scope and Contents The collection is composed of a variety of typescript and manuscript material. This includes: Lectures on the history of music Lectures in counterpoint and harmony Contrapuntal compositions for analysis Compositions, loose sheet music Note-books Notes on history and form Lectures on accompaniment,...

Dates: 1890-1901

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections