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Volumes 1-2 - Collection of ancient and modern Scottish ballads, tales, and songs

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Volumes 1-2 - Collection of ancient and modern Scottish ballads, tales, and songs
Permanent URLhttps://digital.nls.uk/91518410
DescriptionWith explanatory notes and observations [compiled] by John Gilchrist. Edinburgh : W. Blackwood, 1815. 2 volumes: v. 1. Ballads. Tales.--v. 2. Tales, continued. Songs.
ShelfmarkGlen.53-53a
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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.