The Scotish musical museum : consisting of upwards of six hundred songs, with proper basses for the pianoforte /
Johnson, James,approximately 1750-1811.
Burns, Robert,1759-1796.
Clarke, Stephen,-1797.
Stenhouse, William,1773-1827.
Laing, David,1793-1878.
Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick,1781?-1851.
Edinburgh : W. Blackwood ; London : T. Cadell,
1839.
Facsim. of the 1st ed. of 'The Scots musical museum' (James Johnson/T. Preston/McFadyen issue), with new preface, introduction and notes on the songs ("illustrations").
Songs mostly arr. for voice and continuo (figured bass).
The songs and other matter are paged continuously between the volumes, in separate sequences.
Burns contributed 184 songs, wrote most of the prefaces to the different volumes, and may be said to have edited the 1st edition. The arrangements of the airs were prepared chiefly by Stephen Clarke. cf. Dict. nat. biog., v. 30, p. 16.
Preface, v. 1, signed: David Laing. Notes added to Stenhouse's "Illustrations" by C.K. Sharpe.
Contains, as added title-pages, the title-pages of 1st edition (2d issue): The Scots musical museum ... humbly dedicated to the Society of antiquaries of Scotland ...
Stenhouse's "Illustrations" published separately, 1853.
Facsim. of a letter from Burns to Johnson in v. 1.
Songs, Scots.
Folk songs, Scots
Folk music
Folk songs, English