Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text
Volumes 1-2 - Popular music of the olden time
'Volumes 1-2 - Popular music of the olden time' contains the following 2 items:
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Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Volumes 1-2 - Popular music of the olden time > |
| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Volumes 1-2 - Popular music of the olden time |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/91519832 |
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| Description | A collection of ancient songs, ballads, and dance tunes ... with short introductions to the different reigns, and notices of the airs from writers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Also a short account of the minstrels. Airs harmonized by G.A. Macfarren. London: Cramer, Beale & Chappell, [1859]. 2 volumes. Paged continuously. [An expansion of his "Collection of national English airs", published 1838-40.] |
| Shelfmark | Glen.254-254a |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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