I started this collection for one of my classes to highlight some of the best composers in Scottish music. I have such admiration for all those who contributed to the great wealth of melody from our people's past.
| Date |
Details |
| 1742 |
William McGibbon, A Collection of Scots Tunes
Scottish tunes in four volumes, also bound as one volume. |
| 1781 |
A Collection of Strathspey Reels
Composed by Wm Marshall (Neil Stewart, Edinburgh)
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| 1782 |
Aird's Scots Tunes
A Favourite Collection of Scots Tunes & Highland Airs (Glasgow)
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| 1783 |
Airs, Minuets, Gavotts and Reels
Composed by Robert Macintosh (Robert Macintosh, Edinburgh)
|
| 1784 |
The Patrick McDonald Collection
Highland Vocal Airs, Country Dances or Reels of the North Highlands and Western Isles.
[new edition published 2000] |
| 1788 |
The Malcolm McDonald Collection
of Strathspey Reels etc. (four volumes)
[new edition published 2002] |
| 1793 |
Sixty Eight New Reels, Strathspeys & Quicksteps
Composed by Robert Macintosh (Robert Macintosh, Edinburgh)
|
| 1796 |
A 3rd Book of Sixty Eight New Reels and Strathspeys
Composed by Robert Macintosh (J Hamilton, Edinburgh)
|
| 1799 |
Thomas Calvert, Kelso, Collection
A Collection of Marches, Quick Steps, Strathspeys & Reels (Kelso) |
1799
-1839 |
Niel Gow & Sons, Complete Repository
of Original Scots Slow Strathspeys and Dances (three volumes)
[facsimiles of the above were published in 1983, 1988, and 1998] |
| 1803 |
A 4th Book of New Strathspey Reels
Also some Famous old Reels, Compiled and Composed by Robert Macintosh (Robert Macintosh)
|
| 1815 |
Complete Tutor Violin
To which is added a Collection of Irish & Scotch Airs, Strathspeys, Reels &c (Edinburgh)
|
| 1819 |
The Beauties of Gow
Being a Selection of the Most Favourite Tunes from his First, Second and Third Collections (three volumes, Edinburgh)
[a 3-vol facsimile of the above was published in 1983] |
| 1822 |
[William] Marshall's Scottish Airs, Melodies,
Strathspeys, Reels, &c (Wm Marshall, Edinburgh)
|
| 1845 |
Volume 2nd of a Collection
of Scottish Melodies, Reels, Strathspeys, Jigs, Slow Airs, Being the Genuine & Posthumous Works of William Marshall (Alexander Robertson, Edinburgh)
|
| 1874 |
The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles
Edited by Captn S Fraser (Edinburgh)
|
| 1874 |
The Angus Fraser Collection
of Scottish Gaelic Airs (manuscript)
[a new edition of the above was published in 1996] |
| 1895 |
The Gesto Collection of Highland Music
Compiled and Arranged by Keith Norman MacDonald.
[a facsimile of this book came out in 1997] |
| 1901 |
Puirt-a-Beul
Compiled and Arranged by Keith Norman MacDonald. (Mclaren & Sons, Glasgow)
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| 1925 |
The Gleneagles Collection
Compiled and Arranged by J Meredith-Kay. (Patersons Sons & Co, Glasgow)
|
| 1928 |
Jigs, Reels, Strathspeys & Country Dances
Arranged by "A.W." (Leonard Gould & Bolttler)
|
| 1930 |
A Collection of Reels Strathspeys Marches etc
Composed by James Macintosh, Dunkeld (Patersons Sons & Co, Perth)
|
| 1932 |
Old Scottish Music
Collected and Adapted by Annie Shand. (Aird & Coghill, Glasgow)
|
| 1951 |
Scottish Dances
Arranged for Accordion by R McF Adamson & W L Spence (Hohner, London)
43 traditional tunes
|
| 1953 |
Jimmy Shand Scottish Dance Album Book 1
Jimmy Shand (James S Kerr, Glasgow)
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| 1954 |
Jimmy Shand Scottish Dance Album Book 2
Jimmy Shand (James S Kerr, Glasgow)
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| 1957 |
The Scottish Music Maker
A Choice Selection from the Compositions of James Scott Skinner, Ed. J Murdoch Henderson (Bayley & Ferguson, Glasgow)
|
| c1957 |
The Jimmy Shand Bagpipe March Book
Arranged by Jimmy Shand and Ian MacLeish (Mozart Allan, Glasgow)
|
| 1960 |
The Speyside Collection of Scottish Country Dance Music, Book 1
Compiled by Jack McConachie
(Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing Incorporated)
(36 traditional tunes)
|
| 1961 |
The Speyside Collection of Scottish Country Dance Music, Book 2
Compiled by Jack McConachie
(Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing Incorporated)
(36 traditional tunes)
|
| 1961 |
The Jimmy Blair Album
(James S Kerr, Glasgow)
(12 original and 6 traditional tunes)
|
| 1961 |
Jimmy Blair's Scottish Dance Favourites
Scotland's No.1 Radio, TV and Recording Artist (Gate Music, New York)
(3 traditional and 12 original tunes)
|
| 1961 |
The White Heather Collection
by Ian Powrie (James S Kerr, Glasgow)
[25 original tunes]
|
| 1961 |
Eight Scottish Country Dances
Music Arr by Ian MacLeish (Mozart Allan, Glasgow)
[15 traditional and 1 original tunes]
|
| 1961 |
Jimmy Shand's Favourites
Arranged by Ian MacLeish (Mozart Allan, Glasgow)
[8 original tunes]
|
| 1963 |
The White Heather Collection
Book 2 (Scotia Music, Glasgow)
[16 original tunes]
|
| c1964 |
Ian Powrie's Selection of Scottish Country Dance Tunes
(Mozart Allan, Glasgow)
[1 traditional and 7 original tunes]
|
| 1965 |
The Ashley Album of Scottish Country Dance Tunes
by Nan Main (Hugh Foss, Castle Douglas)
[20 traditional and 18 original tunes]
|
| 1970 |
Rob Gordon's Book of Scottish Music
(James S Kerr, Glasgow)
[11 original tunes]
|
| 1971 |
The Newcastle Collection
of Scottish Country Dance Tunes (RSCDS, Newcastle)
[41 original tunes]
|
| 1972 |
Kerr's Thistle Collection
Collected and Arranged by James Hunter(James S Kerr, Glasgow)
[40 original tunes]
|
| 1973 |
Golden Jubilee 1923-1973
A Suite of Three Dances (The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society)
[3 traditional tunes]
|
| 1974 |
The Jim MacLeod Collection
of Scottish Songs and Dances (Mozart Allan, Glasgow)
[10 original tunes]
|
| 1977 |
The Ron Gonnella Collection of Fiddle Music, Vol.1
(Mozart Allan, Glasgow)
[35 traditional tunes]
|
| 1978 |
Marshall's Scottish Airs, Melodies,
Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c for the Violin (Fiddlecase Books, New Hampshire)
[a facsimile of four of Marshall's collections in one volume]
|
| 1979 |
The Fiddle Music of Scotland
A Comprehensive Annotated Collection of 365 Tunes by James Hunter (Chambers, Edinburgh)
|
| 1980 |
A Second Collection of Tunes
Composed by Iain Peterson (Shian Music, Grangemouth)
[17 original compositions]
|
| 1980 |
The Jim MacLeod Souvenir Album
of Scots Songs and Dance Tunes Jim MacLKeod and his Band (Jim MacLeod Music, Dunvlane)
[16 original compositions]
|
| 1981 |
The Caledonian Companion
By Alastair J Hardie (EMI Music Publishing, London)
|
| 1981 |
The Melrose Collection Vol.1
of Scottish Dance Music (Stebelin Music, Melrose)
38 original compositions
|
| 1982 |
The MacPhail Collection Vol.1
of Scottish Dance Music (Stebelin Music, Melrose)
42 original compositions
|
| 1982 |
The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles
Edited by Captn S Fraser (Paul Cranford, Nova Scotia)
[a facsimile of the original edition published in 1874] |
| c1982 |
The Third Collection of Tunes
Composed by Iain Peterson for Scottish Dance Music (Shian Music, Grangemouth)
[20 original tunes] |
| 1983 |
The Beauties of Gow
Being a Selection of the Most Favourite Tunes from his First, Second and Third Collections (three volumes, Lincolnshire)
[3-vol facsimile of original published in 1819] |
| 1984 |
The Calum MacLean Collection
of Original Compositions, Volume 1 (Sidlaw Music, Forfar)
|
| 1985 |
The Fifth Collection of Tunes
Composed by Iain Peterson for Scottish Dance Music (Shian Music, Grangemouth)
[22 original tunes] |
| 1985 |
The Hills of Atholl
A Collection of Scottish Music composed by Freeland Barbour (Sidlaw Music, Forfar)
|
| 1985 |
Niel Gow & Sons, Complete Repository
of Original Scots Slow Strathspeys and Dances (three volumes, Oxford)
[3-vol facsimile of original published in various editions from 1799-1839] |
| 1986 |
The Gow Collection of Scottish Dance Music
Compiled and Edited by Richard Carlin (Oak Books, New York)
[new settings from various Gow publications] |
| 1986 |
The Clunes Collection
of Scots Fiddle Music (Donald Riddell, Inverness)
[46 original and 8 traditional tunes]
|
| 1987 |
The Leaside Collection
of Original Compositions by Bill Black (Deeay Music, Forfar)
[29 original tunes]
|
| 1987 |
The Lochaber Collection
of Original Compositions by Willie Lawrie (Deeay Music, Forfar)
[32 original tunes]
|
| 1989 |
The Dance Music of Lindsay Ross
The Compositions of Lindsay Ross (1931-1980) (Inchcape Music, Arbroath)
|
| 1989 |
Tummelside
A Second Collection of Scottish Music composed by Freeland Barbour (Deeay Music, Forfar)
|
| 1989 |
Yours Aye! by Jimmy Shand
(Charnwood Music, Leicester)
[6 original tunes]
|
| 1990 |
The Melrose Collection Vol.2
of Scottish Dance Music (Stebelin Music, Melrose)
35 original compositions
|
| 1991 |
The Strathardle Collection
A Second Collection of Original Compositions by Ian Powrie (Deeay Music, Forfar)
[24 original tunes]
|
| 1991 |
The Eighth Collection of Scottish Dance Music
Compiled by Iain Peterson (Shian Music, Dollar)
|
| 1992 |
Play Along with Jimmy Shand Vol.2
(Charnwood Music, Leicester)
[13 original tunes]
|
| 1992 |
The Mull Connection
(Deeay Music, Forfar)
[28 original tunes]
|
| 1995 |
The Eleventh Collection of Scottish Dance Music
Compiled by Iain Peterson (Shian Music, Dollar)
|
| 1994 |
Puirt a Eilean Leodhais Book 1
Tunes from the Isle of Lewis composed by Ian Crichton (Rowancroft Music, Lewis)
[26 original tunes] |
| 1995 |
The Cunningham Collection
Original Compositions by Phil Cunningham, Vol.1, The House In Rose Valley (Bracken Music, Beauly)
57 original tunes
|
| 1996 |
Puirt a Eilean Leodhais Book 3
Tunes from the Isle of Lewis composed by Ian Crichton (Rowancroft Music, Lewis)
[29 original tunes] |
| 1996 |
The Angus Fraser Collection
of Scottish Gaelic Airs (Taigh na Teud, Skye)
[new settings of a 1874 manuscript] |
| 1996 |
The Kilted Fiddler
A Collection of Scottish Fiddle Tunes by Alan Lerwick (Centerstream Publishing, California)
149 traditional and 18 original tunes |
| 1996 |
The Jim Johnstone Collection
of Original Compositions for Accordion & Fiddle (Deeay Music, Forfar)
51 original tunes |
| 1996 |
The Furrows End
A Collection of Original Compositions by Gordon Patullo (Deeay Music, Forfar)
45 original tunes |
| 1997 |
Puirt a Eilean Leodhais Book 4
Tunes from the Isle of Lewis composed by Ian Crichton (Rowancroft Music, Lewis)
[26 original tunes] |
| 1997 |
Bonnie Rideout: Soft May Morn
Music from the the North Highlands and Western Isles (Mel Bay, Misouri)
[new settings of music from the Patrick McDonald Collection 1784] |
| 1997 |
The Gesto Collection of Highland Music
Compiled and Arranged by Keith Norman MacDonald. (Llanerch, Dyfed, Wales)
[a facsimile of the 1895 edition] |
| 1998 |
Gow's Repository of the Dance Music of Scotland
In Three Books (Llanerch, Dyfed, Wales)
[1-vol facsimile of original published in various editions from 1799-1839] |
| 1998 |
Fergie's Collection
Tunes composed by Fergie MacDonald (Rannoch Music, Acharacle)
[25 original tunes] |
| 1998 |
Puirt a Eilean Leodhais Book 5
Tunes from the Isle of Lewis composed by Ian Crichton (Rowancroft Music, Lewis)
[31 original tunes] |
| 1999 |
Puirt a Eilean Leodhais
Tunes from the Isle of Lewis composed by Ian Crichton (Rowancroft Music, Lewis)
[41 original tunes] |
| 1999 |
The Loch Ness Collection
150 New Scottish Dance Tunes and Airs by Eric Allan (Eric & Helen Allan, Drumossie)
[150 original tunes] |
| 2000 |
The First Collection of Tunes
Composed by Iain Peterson for Scottish Dance Music (Shian Music, Grangemouth)
[25 original tunes] |
| 2000 |
The Patrick McDonald Collection
Highland Vocal Airs, Country Dances or Reels of the North Highlands and Western Isles. (Taigh na Teud, Skye)
[new settings of the 1784 publication] |
| 2000 |
The Millenium Collection of Tunes
Compiled by Iain Peterson for Scottish Dance Music (Shian Music, Dollar)
[33 original tunes] |
| 2002 |
The Malcolm McDonald Collection
of Strathspey Reels etc. (Taigh na Teud, Skye)
[new settings of the 1788 publication] |
| 2002 |
The MacAndrew Collection
The Compositions of Hector MacAndrew (Champion, Lanarkshire)
|
| 2002 |
The Blackadder Companion Tunebook
All tunes composed by Muriel Johnstone (Scotscores, Perthshire)
|
| 2002 |
Scottish Fire
Traditional and Original Tunes for Fiddle from 1762 to the Present by Bonnie Rideout (Mel Bay, Missouri)
30 traditional and 3 original tunes
|
| 2002 |
Scottish Fiddle Encyclopedia
by Bonnie Rideout (Mel Bay, Missouri)
174 traditional tunes
|
| 2006 |
Scottish Fiddle Tunes
Sixty Traditional Pieces for Violin, by Iain Fraser (Schott, Germany)
|
| 2007 |
The Marshall Collections
Six Collections of Music by William Marshall (Highland Music Trust, Inverness)
[new settings of Marshall's collections in one volume]
|
| 2009 |
When the Boat Comes Hame
A Collection of Scottish Airs and Dance Tunes Selected by John Loesberg (Ossian Publications, London)
199 traditional tunes
|
| 2010 |
The Glengarry Collection, Vol.1
The Highland Fiddle Music of Aonghas Grant (Mel Bay, Missouri)
164 tunes
|
| 2010 |
Tunes of Coigach
A New Collection of Traditional Highland Tunes Composed by Ali 'Beag' MacLeod (Beag CD, Achiltibuie)
10 original tunes
|
| 2010 |
A Collection of Original Compositions by Marie Fielding, Book 1
(Marie Fielding)
43 original tunes
|
| 2011 |
Airs & Dances
A Collection of Scottish Strathspeys compiled by Mara Shea (Mel Bay, Missouri)
106 traditional tunes
|
| 2012 |
Puirt-a-Beul
Compiled and Arranged by Keith Norman MacDonald. (Taigh na Teud, Skye)
[new settings and annotations based on the 1901 original]
|
| 2013 |
The Cape Breton Scottish Collection
Edited by Paul Stewart Cranford (Cranford Publications, Nova Scotia)
318 traditional tunes
|
| 2015 |
A 2nd Collection of Original Compositions by Marie Fielding, Book 2
(Marie Fielding)
43 original tunes
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