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Music

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

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:


  1. Cauld Kail in Aberdeen
  2. The bush aboon Traquair
  3. Oh! Open the door Lord Gregory
  4. Auld Robin Gray

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

Dates: 1804

Music collection of Professor Sir Herbert Stanley Oakeley

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-450
Content Description The collection contains music, orchestrations and arrangements for strings, wind, brass etc by Professor Sir Herbert Stanley Oakeley. Many of the sheets are stamped Edinburgh University, Musical Society. There are also board-mounted diplomas and certificates, with list of these.Music in Box 1: Die Ehre Gottes in der Natur It was a friar of orders grey The Briton's fatherland Volkslied by Mendelsohn Freedom Up in the morning...
Dates: 1855-1901

Music mss: 'Fausta': aria

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1172
Scope and Contents

Music manuscript - the aria Tu che voli gi'd spirto beata from Fausta.

Dates: 1832

Musical manuscripts, artwork, and photographs relating to Helen Patuffa Hood

 Fonds — Box CLX-A-1102
Identifier: Coll-1393
Scope and Contents

This fonds contains paper documents such as correspondence to Helen Patuffa Hood, concerts programmes and other printed materials; artworks by Helen Patuffa Hood; and material related to the book Songs of the Hebrides. In the out-sized box are some photographs of Helen Patuffa Hood and Marjory Kennedy-Fraser.

Dates: 1909-1938

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 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
  1. Records of foundation and dissolution
  2. Minutes of meetings
  3. Membership records
  4. Financial records
  5. Correspondence
  6. Papers relating to the Scottish Universities Commission
  7. Newspapers relating to the society
Dates: 1879-1900