Manuscript music book containing music for 182 Strathspeys and Reels

• Reference:GB 237 Coll-1426
• Dates of Creation:1830
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  1 volume

• Scope and Content

  This volume containing the music for 182 strathspeys and reels also includes the identities of the composers. Oblong 8vo, 106 pp, paper watermarked 1830. There is a partial index. It contains signatures of William Sutherland and John Roy Stuart to the rear and others have been erased from the front. Tunes include:

  • Lady Montgomerie, composed by the Earl of Eglinton
  • Shela O Neal composed by Mr. Boswell of Auchinleck
  • Ferrintosh composed by Capt. Fraser

• Administrative / Biographical History

  This manuscript music book containing music for 182 Strathspeys and Reels has been produced on paper with an 1830 watermark.

• Access Information

  Open to bona fide researchers, but please contact repository for details in advance of visit.

• Acquisition Information

  Purchased April 2012. Accession no: E2012.55

• Archivist's Note

  Catalogued by Graeme D. Eddie 10 December 2012

• Subjects

  Music