Thanks for that, Arthur. She just saw it in the catalogue for Scott's
library at his home. Thought it worth mentioning.
Cheers,
Rob
2008/9/7 Arthur Ness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: "Rob MacKillop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 3:51 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Theorbo songs
| My wife was doing some research on Walter Scott's library, and
found
| the following. Is it known otherwise?
|
| D_, (N_) Choice Songs and Ayres for one Voyce, to sing to a
Theorbo
| Lute or Bass Violin - 1673.
|
| I think the shelf number is PressPII, Abbotsford.
|
| Rob MacKillop
Did your wife find a copy in the Walter Scott Museum? It is the
first of
five anthologies of songs and ayres collected and published by John
Playford. This volume contains songs by Banister, Farmer, Forsall,
Marsh
et al. The nearest copy (was it perhaps from the Scott library?) is
just
down the street from you, Rob, in Glasgow at the Euing Library.
There are
other copies in the British Library, UCBerkeley and the Folger
Shakespeare
Library. And once again demonstrates the ephemeral nature of music.
So
much is lost over the years. The press run was probably 1000
copies.
The Playford anthologies and many more early music editions are
available
in Early English Books Online (Pro-Quest, formerly UMI), if you have
access to that database.
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