Thomson's collection of the songs of Burns, Sir Walter Scott Bart. and other eminent lyric poets ancient & modern : united to the select melodies of Scotland, and of Ireland & Wales 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.
Lizars, W. H.(William Home),1788-1859,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. ... and G. Thomson, Edinburgh.,
[1825]
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'.
"To the public" and plates dated 1825; colophon, 1824.
"Vol. VI."--head of title.
Vols. 1-5 were published 1822-1823.
Engraved music interleaved with letterpress song texts with duplicate numbering (p. 1-69/30-67); actually there are 69 p. of engraved music and 26 p. of printed text.
Colophon has imprint of W.H. Lizars, Edinburgh.
"Engraved by W.H. Lizars, ... 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.