Scottish Song Tunes, about 290 Years Ago!

Time Travel with a Tablet?

Musick for Allan Ramsay's Collection 

With some excitement, yesterday, we opened this digital copy of one of Scotland's earliest song-tune collections.

Allan Ramsay compiled a collection of song texts. Alexander Stuart compiled a tune-book to go with the words, in the mid-1720s. And here's the digitized work, all the way from the University of South Carolina!

You can save the whole book to an iPad or tablet, and play the tunes out of it. What could be cooler than that?

• Part of the G. Ross Roy Collection of Burnsiana and Scottish Literature) Musick for Allan Ramsay's collection of 71 Scots songs

Free Digitized Scottish Music! Visit the NLS Digital Gallery ...

We just thought we'd remind you about this great resource, hosted by the National Library of Scotland to highlight some of their precious heritage ....

The Digital Gallery has a huge variety of digitised materials, free to download.  Scottish music is just one of the resources on offer.  There's a Verdi collection too.  Step outside the world of music, and there's ten times more.

Be Inspired

 Take a look for yourself - there's bound to be something to inspire you!

• Special Collections of Printed Music (Glen and Inglis Collections, and the Hopkinson Verdi Collection)
• Digital Gallery Homepage (all the Collections)