| Description | Collection of notes and extracts made mostly in shorthand, by James Bruce Duncan, from: W. Christie 'Traditional Ballad Airs' (1876-81); W. Dauney 'Ancient Scottish Melodies' (1838); G. Grove 'Dictionary of Music' (1878-89); J. Johnson 'Scots Musical Museum' (1787-1803); A. Lang on 'Ballads' in 'Encyclopaedia Britannica'; N. Livingstone, editor, 'Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1635' (1864). |