'Songs of the Gael', being copies of Irish songs and airs.
Scope and Contents
Copies of Irish songs and airs made, 1922-1926, from an unidentified earlier collection (or collections: cf MSS.21836, folio ii, 21837, folio i).
The volumes are different from the work by Lachlan Macbean published under the same title at Stirling in 1921.
The copies appear to have been made by Annie M Higgins, possibly for Alexander B Ritchie, a leading medical practitioner in Manchester.
The copies are in simple treble notation, not accompanied by words, and may have been intended for instrumental use, possibly for violin.
Dates
- Creation: ?19th century-1924.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
3 Volumes
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred, 1974, from the Department of Printed Books.
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
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