Volume entitled 'Celtic music', compiled by David R Robertson, a mercantile clerk in Dundee, consisting of pipe tunes, poems, notes and memoranda, extracts from published sources, letters from correspondents interested in Gaelic culture, and some press cuttings and photographs.
Scope and Contents
The title is taken from folio 1, a vellum leaf.
Some items found loosely enclosed have been tipped or pasted in.
The work consists of an introduction (folio 6) preceded by prefatory poems (folio 2), and eight sections: Old highland airs (folio 39), Clan tunes (folio 90), Jacobite airs (folio 131), Battle tunes (folio 159), Laments (folio 209), Old Scottish airs (folio 223), Army tunes (folio 244) and General marches (folio 276).
There are two unrelated items: at the front (folio ii) is a facsimile letter, 1941, of Clementine Churchill, and at folio 325 verso is a poem, 1945.
Dates
- Creation: 1911-1912.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
336 Leaves
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
iii + 333 folios.
Custodial History
The bookplate of David Robertson is pasted inside the front cover. Pasted to folio i verso is a label, 1936, recording his gift of the volume to his daughter Margaret Cooper Robertson. The binding is covered in Robertson tartan cloth.
The volume was bought by the National Library of Scotland with the aid of the Murdoch Henderson Fund.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, 1987.
- 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
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