Songs. Musical compositions.
Found in 411 Collections and/or Records:
'Old airs, collected and written down by George Riddell. Begun in 1903’., 1903.
108 airs, with many of which the words of one verse are given. To some, George Riddell has added a note stating where he obtained the melody.
'Old airs, collected and written down by George Riddell. Begun in 1903, book I', containing airs 1-84., 1903.
'Old airs, collected and written down by George Riddell. Begun in 1903, book II', containing airs 85-108., 1903.
Original and revised autograph settings by Robin Orr of "The Kimmers o' Cougate", a song from Sydney Goodsir Smith's play 'Colickie Meg', preceded by a letter of the composer presenting the setting to the donor., 1955.
Original letters and transcripts of letters of Sir Walter Scott., 1806-1832.
Includes a song celebrating Lord Melville's acquittal, 'The Lawyer and the Archbishop of Canterbury', evidently by Sir Walter Scott, 1806 (folio 2).
'Over the Water to Charlie': variants of words and music, removed from MS.3132., [1900, or after.]
Papers, 1846-1983 and undated, of and concerning James F Dickie, fiddler.
Includes correspondence, photographs and music.
With letters and music, 1888-1924 and undated, of James Scott Skinner, and music, 1935-1968 and undated, of John Murdoch Henderson.
Papers and translations collected by the Highland Society of Scotland Ossian Committee and its successor the Committee on Celtic Literature.
Papers, chiefly Gaelic, of Duncan Campbell, Inverness (1826-1916).
Papers collected by the Rymour Club, chiefly containing material not printed in the ‘Miscellanea’., ?19th century-?early 20th century.
Papers obtained by William Forbes Skene from the Reverend Mackintosh MacKay of Laggan (1800-1873).
Papers of and concerning John Corrie.
Includes poems, songs and correspondence.
Papers of and concerning the poet George Campbell Hay (1915-1984).
Papers of and relating to Harry Lauder.
Papers, circa 1900-1935, of and relating to Sir Harry Lauder. Includes scripts of `patter`, songs and music by Lauder and other writers; draft of `Immortal Memory` speech given by Lauder in Boston, USA, 1915; letter, 1917, of Hannen Swaffer, editor of `The Weekly Dispatch`, praising Lauder`s appearance on the London stage after his son`s death in action in France in December 1916.
Papers of Dr Anna ('Nan') Shepherd., 1911-?1978, undated.
The contents are as follows. (i) Manuscripts and one typescript of poems by Nan Shepherd, 1911-1950, undated (folio 1); (ii) Printed and typescript copies of poems by other poets, 1938-?1978, undated (folio 6); (iii) Miscellaneous papers, 1934-1949, undated (folio 42).
Papers of Dr Kenneth Macleod.
Includes songs, poems, sermons and correspondence.
Papers of George Chalmers, the antiquary.
Papers of John MacCallum, policeman, Glasgow.
Includes Gaelic songs and music.
Papers of Lady Evelyn Stewart-Murray (1868-1940).
Papers of Major-General Douglas Neil Wimberley relating to the 51st (Highland) Division in the First and Second World Wars.
Maps, accounts, diaries, lectures and other papers, mainly concerning operations, 1942-1943, of the 51st (Highland) Division in North Africa and Sicily, together with a smaller quantity of associated post-war correspondence and some papers, 1918, concerning the Division in the First World War.
Papers of Morris Blythman, pseudonym Thurso Berwick.
Includes songs written or collected by Blythman and papers concerning Hugh MacDiarmid and John Maclean.