MS music score of 'Flute Music' by Campbell Douglas [December 1845]

This material is held atRoyal Conservatoire of Scotland Archives & Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 2607 eim/56
  • Dates of Creation
    • Dec 1845, 4th May 1908
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 25 x 16 cm 48 pages

Scope and Content

MS ink on paper.

Music score.

Titled 'Flute Music'
Signed 'Campbell Douglas' and dated 'December 1845'

'Primo Flutes'

Includes dedication 'To Francis Campbell Ross Douglas 4th May 1908 at 266 S. Vincent St Glasgow. With my 8-keyed flute'

Includes inscription "The man that hath no music in himself / And is not moved by concord of sweet sounds / Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils/ Let no such man be trusted - Shakespeare"

Index of pieces is at beginning of book, which lists 76 titles.

Tipped-in: black-and-white photograph of a man wearing a suit.

Bound in cardboard, boards removed from spine and damaged.

Access Information

Open. Appointment necessary E-mail: archives@rcs.ac.uk

Custodial History

Transferred to the Archive from Special Collections of the Library of Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2018-19.