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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
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
Records of Edinburgh Contemporary Arts Trust (ECAT)
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1993
Scope and Contents
This fonds consists of the records of the Edinburgh Contemporary Arts Trust (ECAT). It includes the association's administrative papers and the promotional material used to advertise its musical events. It also contains recorded music, music scores, and photographs.
Memorandum of Association. (1 folder)
Company Registers, c 1989-2003. Include Register of members, minutes, "document...
Dates:
1980s-2010s
Records of Edinburgh University Musical Society
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: EUA GD22
Scope and Contents
Subscription receipts; Minute books
Dates:
1874-1956
Records of the Scottish Musical Society
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1385
Scope and Contents
- Records of foundation and dissolution
- Minutes of meetings
- Membership records
- Financial records
- Correspondence
- Papers relating to the Scottish Universities Commission
- Newspapers relating to the society
Dates:
1879-1900
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
Song collection book entitled "Recueil de chansons choisies depuis 1656 jusques à present 1736"
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-385
Identifier: Coll-2052
Content Description
This is a song book entitled "Recueil de chansons choisies depuis 1656 jusques à present 1736", France, 1736. It contains a collection of selected popular songs covering 80 years of French satire and current affairs. The book features some 135 songs, and there are 73 tunes written with musical notation. The songs are helpfully annotated with names and explanations to margins, and indexed by the names mentioned. When a tune is to be used in another song, the compiler puts in a cross-reference...
Dates:
1736
The Angus Fraser Manuscript
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-58
Scope and Contents
The Angus Fraser Music Manuscript consists of three named collections intended for publication, a series of sets of variations mostly on well-known airs, and a variety of less-organised manuscript pages. The differing interests of Simon Fraser and Angus Fraser are reflected in the Manuscript.
Dates:
19th century
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...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1887-1977
The Wode Psalter: Cantus (set 2), Bassus (set 2)
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2268
Scope and Contents
Illustrated Scottish metrical psalter in two volumes dated circa 1566, on paper, that belonged to Thomas Wode, vicar of St Andrews. These are the two partbooks of the second set of the work known as 'The Wode Psalter', and contains the cantus (or treble) set 2, and bassus set 2. For a more detailed description, see the following website: http://www.wode.div.ed.ac.uk.
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Dates:
c 1566