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PREFACE.
In the following Work, I have endea-
voured to examine the Performances
which constituted the First Edinburgh
Musical Festival. I have introduced this
examination by a few general remarks on
the present state of musical taste in Great
Britain, with a view of the objects which
gave rise to the project of a Musical Fes-
tival in this city ; a project so happily
conceived, and so successfully comple-
ted. A succinct statement of the pro*
ceedings by which the undertaking was
accomplished, forms the latter part of

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DescriptionPreface.
Account of the First Edinburgh Musical Festival, held between the 30th October and 5th November, 1815
DescriptionTo which is added an essay, containing some general observations on music. By George Farquhar Graham, Esq. Edinburgh : W. Blackwood, 1816. [Includes: Dr. Burney's account of the performance of Handel's Messiah, in Westminster Abbey, on Saturday, May 29, 1784: pp. [175]-195.]
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Glen Collection of printed music
DescriptionScottish 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
DescriptionThe 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.