Songs from David Herd's manuscripts /
Hecht, Hans,1876-1945.
Herd, David,1732-1810.
Edinburgh : W.J. Hay,
1904.
"The footnotes, chiefly illustrating Burns's arrangements of the texts for Johnson's Musical Museum, may be of interest ... particularly as they claim for Burns verses which have not yet been assigned to him."--Preface, p. xi.
Without music. The editor's notes include references to tunes.
Includes bibliographical notes (p. 65-76) and indexes.
Introduction includes: I. George Paton. II. Extracts from Paton's correspondence with Thomas Percy referring to David Herd's collection. III. David Herd's life and personality (David Herd and the Cape Club, Fergusson and the Cape Club, Burns in Edinburgh, Herd and Scott, etc.) IV. Bibliographical notes V. Description of David Herd's mss. (p. 76-88).
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796.
Paton, George, 1721-1807.
Cape Club (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Songs, Scots
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