Record ID
310446
Accession number
Fuld
Object title
A select collection of original Scotish airs : for the voice : to each of which are added, introductory & concluding symphonies, & accompanyments for the violin & piano forte, / by Pleyel. With select & characteristic verses by the most admired Scotish poets, adapted to each air; many of them entirely new. Also suitable English verses, in addition to such of the songs as are written in the Scotish dialect.
Published
London, : Printed & sold by Preston & Son, ... for the proprietor [G. Thomson]., [1793-1799]
Credit line
James Fuld Collection.
Provenance
James Fuld.
Inscriptions/Markings
Each set is signed by G. Thomson.
"Contains 1st printing of present words and present melody of Auld lang syne (3rd set, p.68); contains 1st printings of Ye banks and braes o' bonny Doon (2nd set, p. 43), and Scots wha hae (3rd set, p. 74)"--pencil inscription on front flyleaf by James Fuld.
"Contains 1st printing of present words and present melody of Auld lang syne (3rd set, p.68); contains 1st printings of Ye banks and braes o' bonny Doon (2nd set, p. 43), and Scots wha hae (3rd set, p. 74)"--pencil inscription on front flyleaf by James Fuld.
Notes
Sequences of engraved music interleaved with letterpress song texts with duplicate numbering; pagination continuous between sets.
Score for voice and piano, with violin part sold separately.
Set 1 has preface dated 1793; set 2 published in 1798; sets 3 and 4 in 1799.
Set 1, music arr. by Pleyel, selected from B.708-739; sets 2 and 3, by Kozeluch; set 4, "chiefly by Kozeluh, and partly by Pleyel", selected from his B.707-737.
Title and imprint vary.
The name of R. Burns features prominently on the title pages to v. 2-4: "with select & characteristic verses by the most admired Scotish poets, adapted to each air; the greater number of these written for this work by Burns"--t.p. for set 2.
Each of 4 sets is 1st ed.
Library's copy lacks violin part.
Score for voice and piano, with violin part sold separately.
Set 1 has preface dated 1793; set 2 published in 1798; sets 3 and 4 in 1799.
Set 1, music arr. by Pleyel, selected from B.708-739; sets 2 and 3, by Kozeluch; set 4, "chiefly by Kozeluh, and partly by Pleyel", selected from his B.707-737.
Title and imprint vary.
The name of R. Burns features prominently on the title pages to v. 2-4: "with select & characteristic verses by the most admired Scotish poets, adapted to each air; the greater number of these written for this work by Burns"--t.p. for set 2.
Each of 4 sets is 1st ed.
Library's copy lacks violin part.
Associated names
Thomson, Mr. (George), 1757-1851.
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796.
Fuld, James J., 1916-2008, former owner.
Pleyel, Ignaz, 1757-1831. Songs. Selections.
Kozeluch, Leopold, 1747-1818. Songs. Selections.
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796.
Fuld, James J., 1916-2008, former owner.
Pleyel, Ignaz, 1757-1831. Songs. Selections.
Kozeluch, Leopold, 1747-1818. Songs. Selections.
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