A selection of psalm & hymn tunes, ancient & modern; many of which are original[,] arranged, under their several metres and keys, to which is prefixed a compendious introduction to singing containing useful scales examples &c. &c. &c. The whole carefully adapted and dedicated with the greatest respect to the Rev.d Adam Annand by James Davie..
Davie, James,1783?-1857.
Annand, Adam,Rev.,-1818,dedicatee.
Aberdeen : Printed & sold by J. Davie, at his Music Repository Union Street,
[1820?]
A volume of hymn tunes (mostly music only, with words in just a few instances) by the Aberdonian composer and music publisher James Davie (ca. 1783-1857). The volume opens with a variety of instructional material: the basics of music and musical symbols, scales, dictionary of musical terms, etc. The rest of the volume is entirely written music.
Engraved throughout, including title page, by William Hutton of Edinburgh.
Includes and index to the tunes.
The dedicatee, Rev. Adam Annand, was a minister of St. John's Chapel in Aberdeen. He died suddenly in 1818 at the age of 30. The publisher, James Davie, was based on Union Street in the 1820s. Perhaps the dedication is to Annand's memory.
Pencilled purchase instructions dated 1921 on the endpapers, ink inscription of J. Macintosh of Laggan, 1871, to the flyleaf verso.
Church music
Psalms (Music)
Tune-books.
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices, 4 parts)  IS THIS FOR THREE OR FOUR PARTS???
Scotland Aberdeen.