Scores.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Original and entire drafts or transcripts of musical compositions or arrangements, typically with the parts of all the different instruments or voices written on staffs one above another, so that they can be read at a glance. Also, musical compositions recorded as a distribution of the parts (Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 1933).
Found in 315 Collections and/or Records:
Full opera score of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi with German libretto.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14056/1-3
Scope and Contents
A score in three volumes, written in Germany with the libretto translated into German. The copy is the work of several copyists, none of whom has been identified. The numbering of sections in the manuscript corresponds to the numbering found in Verdi's autograph rather than the printed editions of the opera. The German translation is that of Ricordi's edition of 1852. First German-language performances of Rigoletto took place in 1853. Consistent with the...
Dates:
ca. 1855
Full score, 1925, of 'Burns' suite for small orchestra; and parts, undated, for viola, bass, harp and keyboard of W B Moonie's concert overture '1745', opus 14., 1st quarter of 20th century-3rd quarter of 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.21985
Dates:
1st quarter of 20th century-3rd quarter of 20th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Scores of operatic works by James A Moonie, and autograph and fair copies of scores, and correspondence of his son William B Moonie.
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Autograph and fair copies of scores and parts, and correspondence, of William B Moonie.
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Scores and orchestral parts of works composed or arranged by W B Moonie.
Full score and piano reduction for the ballet ‘Cinderella’ by G W Crawford., [?1892-?1941.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21925-21926
Dates:
[?1892-?1941.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
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Ballet and dance music for orchestra by G W Crawford.
Full score and piano reduction of "A blot in the 'Scutcheon", a melodrama in three acts by G W Crawford, setting poetry by Robert Browning., 1919.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21940-21943
Scope and Contents
The work is apparently unpublished, although intended for publication, or at least printing (MS.21940, folio 1 verso).
Dates:
1919.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
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Music of G W Crawford for stage works.
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Operas of G W Crawford.
Full score and piano reduction of ‘A Scottish lassie’ by G W Crawford., [?1892-?1941.]
File
Identifier: MS.21919
Dates:
[?1892-?1941.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
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Scottish music of G W Crawford.
Full score and piano reduction of ‘Cambria’, a Welsh rhapsody (previously styled Welsh tone poem), by G W Crawford., [?1892-?1941.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21902-21903
Dates:
[?1892-?1941.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
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Orchestral music of G W Crawford.
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Miscellaneous orchestral music of G W Crawford.
Full score and piano reduction of ‘Cleopatra’ by G W Crawford, a miniature tragic opera in one act, with libretto by Graham K Maude and Harold Simpson., [?1892-?1941.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21944-21945
Dates:
[?1892-?1941.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
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Music of G W Crawford for stage works.
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Operas of G W Crawford.
Full score and piano reduction of ‘Europa’ by G W Crawford., 1916.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21890-21891
Scope and Contents
Described as ‘A symphonic poem for full orchestra on the European War of 1914-1917’ [sic]) (MS.21890, page 1).
According to a typed programme note (MS.21890, folio i) the work was composed in 1916.
Dates:
1916.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
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Orchestral music of G W Crawford.
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Symphonic poems of G W Crawford.
Full score and piano reduction of ‘The magic mirror’ by G W Crawford, an overture to a musical play by W R Meredith., [?1892-?1941.]
File
Identifier: MS.21899
Dates:
[?1892-?1941.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
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Orchestral music of G W Crawford.
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Overtures of G W Crawford.
Full score and piano reduction of ‘The red flag’ by G W Crawford., [?1892-?1941.]
File
Identifier: MS.21898
Dates:
[?1892-?1941.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
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Orchestral music of G W Crawford.
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Overtures of G W Crawford.
Full score and piano score for “’Bonnie Charlie’ second Scottish rhapsody” by G W Crawford., [?1892-?1941.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21914-21915
Dates:
[?1892-?1941.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
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Scottish music of G W Crawford.
Full score and reduction of Symphony number 1 by G W Crawford., [?1892-?1941.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21881-21882
Dates:
[?1892-?1941.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
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Orchestral music of G W Crawford.
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Symphonies of G W Crawford.
Full score and reduction of Symphony number 3 in A minor by G W Crawford., [?1892-?1941.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21883-21884
Dates:
[?1892-?1941.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
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Orchestral music of G W Crawford.
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Symphonies of G W Crawford.
Full score and reductions of ‘Undine’ by G W Crawford., 1939.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21893-21894
Dates:
1939.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
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Orchestral music of G W Crawford.
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Symphonic poems of G W Crawford.
Full score and setting for small orchestra, undated, of ‘Song of the glen’, a tone idyll, opus 34, number 2., [Circa 1928.]
Item
Identifier: MS.22003
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Full score (folio 1);
(ii) Setting for small orchestra (strings, piano, organ, flute and clarinet) (folio 14).
Opus 34, number 2 is apparently unpublished. Opus 34, number 1 was published in 1928.
Dates:
[Circa 1928.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Scores of operatic works by James A Moonie, and autograph and fair copies of scores, and correspondence of his son William B Moonie.
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Autograph and fair copies of scores and parts, and correspondence, of William B Moonie.
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Scores and orchestral parts of works composed or arranged by W B Moonie.
Full score and vocal score of ‘Artemis’, a dramatic cantata by G W Crawford with libretto by Edward Oxenford., [?1892-?1941.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21961-21962
Scope and Contents
G W Crawford appears to have set the works of Edward Oxenford in 1919 to lightly revised music which he had originally composed in 1907 for ‘Cleopatra’ with a libretto by Gerald Cumberland (MS.21961, page 88).
Dates:
[?1892-?1941.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
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Music of G W Crawford for stage works.
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Miscellaneous musical stage works of G W Crawford.
Full score and vocal score of ‘Gehazi’, a ‘dramatic sacred cantata in two acts, the words written and adapted from the Bible’ [from the Second Book of Kings] by G W Crawford., 1892.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21958-21959
Dates:
1892.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
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Music of G W Crawford for stage works.
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Miscellaneous musical stage works of G W Crawford.
Full score and vocal score of incidental music of G W Crawford for 'Zoe the Gypsy', with words by Lewis Spence., [?1892-?1941.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21965-21966
Dates:
[?1892-?1941.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
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Music of G W Crawford for stage works.
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Incidental music of G W Crawford.
Full score, arrangements and piano accompaniment for ‘Cauld kail het’, a selection of Scots songs by G W Crawford., 1914.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21917-21918
Dates:
1914.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
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Scottish music of G W Crawford.
Full score for “’Bonnie Charlie’ second Scottish rhapsody” by G W Crawford., [?1892-?1941.]
Item
Identifier: MS.21914
Dates:
[?1892-?1941.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
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Scottish music of G W Crawford.
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Full score and piano score for “’Bonnie Charlie’ second Scottish rhapsody” by G W Crawford.
Full score (i.e. two scores bound together) of Two Scottish Scenes, 'By the Ingle Neuk' and 'Lads and Lassies' by ‘Edina’ (G W Crawford, the pseudonym being overwritten with the composer's name)., 1939
File
Identifier: MS.21916
Scope and Contents
The pseudonym is overwritten by the composer’s name.
The date ‘Dec 1939’ is on page 43.
Dates:
1939
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
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Scottish music of G W Crawford.
Full score in pencil of the Concerto for violin and orchestra, Opus 60 by William Wordsworth., 1954-1955.
Item
Identifier: MS.22096
Dates:
1954-1955.
Full score in pencil of the Symphony number 5 in A minor, Opus 68 by William Wordsworth., 1957-1960.
Item
Identifier: MS.22097
Dates:
1957-1960.
Full score in pencil of the Symphony Number II, Opus 34 by William Wordsworth, with corrections. , 1947-1948.
Item
Identifier: MS.22095
Scope and Contents
This work took the first prize in the competition organized by the Edinburgh International Festival Society in 1950.
Dates:
1947-1948.