Orpheus Caledonius, or, A collection of the best Scots songs

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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/74463905
Description	Engraved title page.
Attribution and copyright:	Out of copyright - The physical item used to create this digital version is out of copyright

Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Title pages
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place in text]
Subject / content:	Titles (partial documents) Imprints (publication statements) Compilers (makers of works)
Person / organisation:	Thomson, William, approximately 1684-approximately 1760 [Subject of text]
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Orpheus Caledonius, or, A collection of the best Scots songs
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Description	The first printed collection of Scottish songs united to their melodies. Engraved throughout, with the exception of the dedication, list of subscribers, index, and a complimentary poem. 50 songs.
Shelfmark	Ing.241
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record
Attribution and copyright:	Out of copyright - The physical item used to create this digital version is out of copyright

Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Books Images > Pictures > Prints > Intaglio prints > Engravings
Dates / events:	1725 [Date printed]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place printed]
Subject / content:	Songs (musical compositions) Scottish Collections (object groupings) Music (discipline)
Person / organisation:	Inglis, Alexander Wood, 1854-1929 [Former owner] Thomson, William, approximately 1684-approximately 1760 [Compiler]
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Inglis Collection of printed music
Description	Scottish and English songs, military music and keyboard music of the 18th and 19th centuries. These items are from the collection of Alexander Wood Inglis of Glencorse (1854 to 1929). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises and other books on the subject.

Special collections of printed music
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.