The twelve tunes for the Church of Scotland, composed in four parts. (viz.) treble, contra, tenor and bassus. In a more plain and usefull method , than have been ever formerly published..
Nicoll, James,printer in Aberdeen.
Aberdeen : Printed by James Nicoll, printer to the city and University, and are to be sold at his printing house above the Meal Mercat, at the sign of the towns arms, and shop in the end of the Broad-Gate,,
An. dom. 1720..
Title page in red and black ink and in a double-rule border.
Printer's device and motto on the last page.
ESTC
Manuscript pencil inscription on the verso of the first flyleaf "An edition of the 'Twelve tunes', with the additions of 'Bon Accord' and 'Psalm XXV' was printed by John Forbes, Aberdeen 1666. Of this the only copy known is at Britwell Court [i.e. Grenville Court]. See Edmond's 'Last notes on the Britwell copy sold - 1919 for £130. Another edition of the same tunes was printed by John Forbes, Younger in 1671. (a copy of this in my collection W.6) In the Advocates Library is a copy of the 'Twelve tunes' fourth edition printed by James Nicoll 1714. the contents of the present 'Fifth edition' are the same as those of the 4th ed. It's probable therefore that Nicoll counted the editions of 1666 and '67' as the first + second and that an edition appeared between 1671 and 1714, but of this no copy has at present been discovered. A copy of the Almanac for 1706 published by the successors of John Forbes contains an advertisement of 'the twelve musick[?] church tunes for the Church of Scotland' this doubtless was the third edition".
Church music
Psalms (Music)
Tune-books.
Scotland Aberdeen.