Lyrics. Muscial compositions: Songs.
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Copy of a song setting and verses, undated, written on sheets found loosely enclosed in MS.22167: Music book containing songs in various languages., [?1858-?1864], undated.
Gaelic songs and verse., 1752-1823 and undated
Gaelic songs assembled by Rev. Donald MacNicol and his son Dugald, containing Ossianic poetry, versions of the spiritual songs of Dugald Buchanan, and songs of Donnchadh Bàn Macintyre and other poets contemporary with the collectors, not all of them identified. Most of the material is in the form of single sheets or sheets folded into small booklets. With a few items of correspondence.
Gaelic verse mostly of Badenoch poets, collected in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and formerly held in the Cluny Charter Chest.
Letter and printed songs of Willison Glass.
Printed copy of sample songs and covering letter to propose the publication by subscription for "The Albyn Posey".
"The Albyn Posey" does not appear to have been published.
Manuscripts, typescripts, and related working papers of other creative works of Ian Rankin., 1977-2016, undated.
This series contains manuscripts and typescripts of, and associated working papers for, various other creative works of Ian Rankin. The working papers include development and editorial notes. Administrative papers and correspondence relating to some of the works are also included.
Miscellany of papers of John Davidson and James Scott Skinner., [?1896]-1917, undated.
The contents are as follows:
(i) Score of ‘Duo for two violins (no. 10)’ by John Davidson; not the same as that in MS.22076 where it was formerly loosely enclosed (folio 1);
(ii) Letter, 1917, to and notes, undated, of Davidson (folio 5);
(iii) The words (printed) of a 'Grand processional march', ?1896, on the verso of which is a strathspey in the hand of James Scott Skinner (folio 8);
(iv) Letter, 1917, of Skinner to Davidson (folio 9).
Music and other papers of John Davidson and James Scott Skinner.
Notebook I, Songs, 1904 and undated
A notebook compiled by John Tolmie and marked "I Songs" on the cover; 33 folios. Containing mostly texts of songs in English or Scots, with humourous, often Scottish- or Irish-related themes. Most of these are copied by hand, but some are cut out from newspapers and pasted in. Undated, with the exception of the song on ff. 28v-29v, not in John Tolmie's hand, which is dated 1904. The song "The wedding of Shon Maclean" (ff.11-12) includes the melody in tonic sol-fa notation.