Charles Gore noted in an e-mail to me that Oswald's 'The
Caledonian Pocket Companion' was to be reprinted. Can anyone tell
me when, or by whom?
Public transportation hasn't kept up with population growth where
I live, and it's become difficult for me to consult the bound set
of 12 books in the Folger Shakespeare Library. The books were
collected and bound by Joseph Ritson, and subsequently passed to
James Dick, who used them when editing 'The Songs of Robert
Burns' and 'Notes on Scottish Songs by Robert Burns'. Book 1
of this set isn't the original John Simpson issue. John Glen, 'Early
Scottish Melodies', give facsimiles of the title page and first page of
music of the the two issues facing his p. 248. 28 of the 36 pages
of the original issue can be found Simpson's 'The Delightful
Pocket Companion for the German Flute', c 1743-5.
Thanks, Bruce Olson
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