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Scrapbook of John Donaldson, Reid Professor of the Theory of Music, 1850s
Item
Identifier: Mus.f.379
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook containing Donaldson's collection of cuttings (including one from The Scotsman 24 April 1858 re his purchases of many items for the Reid library from Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn in Berlin), pamphlets (including several collected at the Great Exhibition of 1851), handbills and advertisements describing and advertising various types of musical instrument.Donaldson made considerable acquisitions of both musical instruments and scores for the Reid and was the driving force...
Dates:
1850s
Two playbills from the Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh, 19 March 1824, 1 May 1824
File
Identifier: Coll-1848/23-0036
Scope and Contents
These are two single-sheet playbills from the Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh. The first, for the evening of Friday 19 March 1824, advertises performances of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, and The Lying Valet by David Garrick. The second, for the evening of Saturday, 1 May 1824, advertises performances of The Way to Keep Him by Arthur Murphy and The Romp by...
Dates:
19 March 1824; 1 May 1824