The collection was formed by Alexander Wood Inglis of Glencorse (1845-1929), Secretary of the Board of Manufactures in Scotland and Justice of the Peace for Midlothian. It reflects his interests in Scottish songs and military music, though it also contains many examples of English songs and keyboard music. It totals 306 volumes, 27 of which are in manuscript, containing 740 items of the 18th and the 19th century and including many single-sheet songs. Inglis also produced some musical compositions of his own, publishing several piano pieces under the pseudonym of 'Alexander Selva'.

Organisation

The books have been catalogued individually and have the shelfmark 'Ing.'.

Acquisition

The collection was bequeathed to the Library in 1929 by Alexander Wood Inglis.

Related collections

The 27 manuscripts are held at MSS.3327-3353. They are also described and indexed in Vol. 2 of the Library's Catalogue of manuscripts.

References

The pre-1801 items are recorded in the British Union Catalogue of Early Music.

'The National Library of Scotland: music manuscripts and special collections of printed music', TA Cherry, R Duce, M Simpson and I Maciver, Fontes Artis Musicae, Vol. 47, No. 1 (January-March 2000), 3-9.

Online resources

Digital images of printed items in the Inglis Collection