Collection of Scots tunes

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Books 1-3 - Collection of Scots tunes
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Description	Some with variations for a violin hautboy or German flute with a bass for a violoncello or harpsichord by William McGibbon. Edinburgh: Printed and sold by R. Bremner, [1762]. Books 1 - 3 bound together in 1 volume. Includes manuscript index of all 3 books at the end of the volume.
Shelfmark	Glen.230(1-3)
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
Dates / events:	1762 [Date published]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > Edinburgh > Edinburgh (inhabited place) [Place published]
Subject / content:	Collections (object groupings) Folk music Scottish
Person / organisation:	Bremner, Robert, -1789 [Printer] McGibbon, William, approximately 1690-1756 [Arranger]
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Glen Collection of printed music
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.

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.