Folk music
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = GHT
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Published material collected by Thomson which reflects his personal interests, 1879-1954
Series
Identifier: Coll-1310/1/5
Scope and Contents
These publications were collected by Thomson and Lady Thomson, and reflect his many personal interests out with the fields of psychology and mathematics.
They include social and geographical histories, music, German literature, and publications given to Thomson by friends with messages and annotations on the inside.
Dates:
1879-1954
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