A select collection of original Scottish airs : for the voice /
Thomson,Mr.(George),1757-1851.
Pleyel, Ignaz,1757-1831.
Koželuh, Leopold Antonín Tomáš,1752-1818.
Haydn, Joseph,1732-1809.
Burns, Robert,1759-1796.
London : Printed & Sold by T. Preston, 97 Strand ; Sold also by G. Thomson, the Editor & Proprietor, Edinburgh,
1801-1802.
Title from undated engraved t.p. repeated in each v.; each v. also has special printed t.p.; in v. 3 the engraved t.p. follows the printed t.p.
Secondary printed t.p. of v. 1 reads: Fifty Scottish songs, with symphonies & accompaniments: the first twenty-five by Pleyel, the other twenty-five by Kozeluch. Vol. I. Edinburgh : Printed for G. Thomson, York-Place, by J. Moir, 1801.
Printed t.p. of v. 3 reads: Fifty Scottish songs, with symphonies & accompaniments, wholly by Haydn. Vol. III. Edinburgh : Printed for G. Thomson, York-Place, by J. Moir, 1802.
Prefaces of v. 1 and 2 dated September 1801. Colophon of v. 1 undated. Colophon of v. 2 dated 1800. Preface of v. 3 dated Dec. 1801; colophon of v. 3 dated 1802.
Vols. 3-5, subtitle varies. The symphonies and accompaniments of v. 3-4 are composed by Haydn, those of v. 5, by Haydn and Beethoven. Vol. 5 includes Burnel cantata The jolly beggars, set to music by Henry R. Bishop.
Score (1-2 women's voices and piano) and parts for violin and violoncello.
Paged continuously, except the jolly beggars which has separate t.p. and pagination.
Vols. 1-2 are a new edition. (cf. pref., p. 1). Frontispieces in v. 2 and 3 state "Re-engrav'd for new edition 1817."
For a discussion of the complex publishing history of this work, see: Hopkinson, C. and Oldman, C.B. "Thomson's collections of national song" in Edinburgh Bibliographical Society transactions, v. 2 p. [1]-64.
See also: McCue
Songs
Folk songs
Songs with piano.