Abstract
Here you will find a database of around 3500 tunes taken from 27 Scottish violin manuscripts compiled in 1670-1750. As well as introductory pages containing notes on each source, the database allows you to search tunes by title, thematic incipit, and by a range of other features such as number of strains, key-note and time signature. Detailed comments are given for selected tunes, as well as concordances from across the database, and information on variations and bass lines. The database includes the most significant pre-1750 Scottish manuscript sources written for the violin. Excluded here are sources containing violin music arranged for other instruments, or sources in Scottish collections probably compiled abroad.
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | Historical Music of Scotland |
| Media of output | Online |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2021 |
Bibliographical note
University of Glasgow Digitisation Centre for photographyUniversity of Glasgow Library Special Collections
Nicky Small and the team at AK Bell Library, Perth & Kinross
Jim Donegan for enabling the addition of the Manuscripts database
the staff at all the libraries we visited in Scotland for being endlessly patient and helpful:
go and visit them, they will be pleased to see you!
The material on HMS.scot is available for all non-commercial use. When reproducing or republishing, please credit HMS.scot and the library which holds the original, and provide a link to the HMS.scot page.