The songs of Scotland without words for the pianoforte
By: arranged and edited by J. T. Surenne.
Contributors: Surenne, John Thomas, 1814-1878; Constable, Thomas, 1812-1881 (printer)
Publisher: Wood and Co. ...; Simpkin, Marshall, & Co.
Published: 1852
Place of publication: Edinburgh; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
Subjects: Piano music -- Specimens.; Music -- History -- Scotland.
Genres: Specimens.
Other titles: Songs of Scotland without words.
Notes: Includes "Index to the Songs of Scotland without words.": p. [xvii]-xx.

"This Collection contains two hundred and sixty-three of the best Vocal Melodies of Scotland without Words, and arranged expressly for the Pianoforte.  The Sets of the Airs are given according to those already published in the three volumes of "Woods Songs of Scotland;" and their original simplicity is adhered to, by the avoidance of all extraneous ornaments, modulations, and harmonies ...  A List is added of the various Collections of Scottish Music, from the earliest down to the present ... "--Introduction.

Introduction includes a discussion of the history and beginnings of Scottish music (p. [iii]-xvi).

MASS copy: Bound in glazed thin red-brown cloth-covered boards printed in bronze, black, blue and red with the titling surrounded by a pattern of decorative and floriated borders.  Upper and lower covers printed with the same design.