The select melodies of Scotland, interspersed with those of Ireland and Wales, : united to the songs of Robt. Burns, Sir Walter Scott Bart. and other distinguished poets: with symphonies & accompaniments for the piano forte /
Thomson,Mr.(George),1757-1851.
Burns, Robert,1759-1796.
Scott, Walter,1771-1832.
Preston, Thomas,fl. 1789-1834,publisher.
Balbirnie, William,active approximately 1821-1823,engraver.
Pleyel, Ignaz,1757-1831.Songs.Selections.
Kozeluch, Leopold,1747-1818.Songs.Selections.
Haydn, Joseph,1732-1809.Songs,violin, continuo acc.Selections.
Beethoven, Ludwig van,1770-1827.Songs.Selections.
Hurst, Robinson, and Co.,publisher.
London. : Printed & sold by Preston, ... Hurst[,] Robinson & Co. ... & G. Thomson, Edinburgh.,
[1823?]
For 1-4 voices and piano.
For the most part, the songs are taken from the various folio volumes of Thomson's 'A selection collection of original Scottish/Welsh/Irish airs'.
Without colophon.
Plate dated 1823.
Engraved music interleaved with letterpress song texts with duplicate numbering (p. 1-48/50); actually there are 62 p. of engraved music and 34 p. of printed text.
Another issue exists without the name of Hurst, Robinson & Co. in the imprint.
"Engraved by Wm. Balbirnie, ... Edinr."--foot of p. 1 of music.
Hopkinson, C. and Oldman, C.B.  Thomson's collections of national song (Edinburgh Bibliographical Society Transactions, v. 2, pt. 1 (1940)),
McCue, K. C.  George Thomson (1757-1851) : his collections of national airs in their Scottish cultural context (Oxford University, D.Phil. thesis, 1993),
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
Songs, Scots.
Songs, English
Songs, English
Songs, English
Songs with piano.
England London.
Scotland Edinburgh.