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Scots Minstrelsie (1893) by John Greig

22 Jan 03 - 07:24 PM (#872457)
Subject: Scots Minstrelsie (John Greig)
From: masato sakurai

Scots Minstrelsie: A National Monument of Scottish Song (in 6 volumes; Edited and Arranged by John Greig, 1893) can be seen HERE at the Electric Scotland site. The work is now in progress (volume 1 and half of volume 2 are completed). Notes in addition to scores are often helpful.

~Masato
https://electricscotland.com/music/minstrelsie/index.htm


22 Jan 03 - 08:45 PM (#872484)
Subject: RE: Scots Minstrelsie (1893) by John Greig
From: Malcolm Douglas

That will be useful; thanks for the alert. Greig was also involved with the overlapping British Minstrelsie set, also in six volumes; though the sixth doesn't seem to turn up as often as the others.


23 Jan 03 - 12:57 AM (#872601)
Subject: RE: Scots Minstrelsie (1893) by John Greig
From: Stewie

Thanks, Masato. I have bookmarked the site.

Regards, Stewie.


23 Jan 03 - 10:27 PM (#873500)
Subject: RE: Scots Minstrelsie (1893) by John Greig
From: dick greenhaus

How does this relate to the 8-volume "Greig-Duncan" Folk Song Collection"?


23 Jan 03 - 10:31 PM (#873503)
Subject: RE: Scots Minstrelsie (1893) by John Greig
From: Malcolm Douglas

Not in the least. Completely different Greig.


24 Jan 03 - 09:16 AM (#873725)
Subject: RE: Scots Minstrelsie (1893) by John Greig
From: MMario

Nice to have yet another resource come online though


24 Jan 03 - 11:10 AM (#873818)
Subject: RE: Scots Minstrelsie (1893) by John Greig
From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca

Thanks Masato


06 Mar 04 - 04:54 PM (#1130534)
Subject: RE: Scots Minstrelsie (1893) by John Greig
From: GUEST,aboyle1838@aol.com

I have the complete set of 6 volumes with illustrations by Michael Brown - are these worth anything for insurance purposes?

Thanks

Anne-Marie


28 Jul 08 - 11:59 AM (#2399489)
Subject: RE: Scots Minstrelsie (1893) by John Greig
From: GUEST,Ron Gaul

I have 6 volumes of Scots Minstrelsie Edited & Arranged by John Greig.
However, the publisher is The Caxton Publishing Co. London. Any idea what date this edition was published?


28 Jul 08 - 12:07 PM (#2399495)
Subject: RE: Scots Minstrelsie (1893) by John Greig
From: MartinRyan

I see sets for sale dated 1900. Not clear if this is first/only Edn.

Regards


28 Jul 08 - 12:47 PM (#2399528)
Subject: RE: Scots Minstrelsie (1893) by John Greig
From: Malcolm Douglas

I don't think that any editions carry dates (1900 is an estimate). Suspect that it was published more or less simultaneously by Jack in Edinburgh and Caxton in London.


28 Jul 08 - 01:03 PM (#2399551)
Subject: RE: Scots Minstrelsie (1893) by John Greig
From: Malcolm Douglas

A look at COPAC suggests that the first Edinburgh edition was 1893.


28 Jul 08 - 01:05 PM (#2399553)
Subject: RE: Scots Minstrelsie (1893) by John Greig
From: Big Tim

I find the Library of Congress Online Catalogue to be a useful resource for book publication dates (and biog info about authors).

According to the LC catalogue, Greig's 6 vols were published between 1892-5. I think this was the first ed, by Jack of Edinburgh. Hope so, as it's the one I've got!


28 Jul 08 - 02:46 PM (#2399656)
Subject: RE: Scots Minstrelsie (1893) by John Greig
From: Jim McLean

I can only see vol 2 dated for 1893, the others have no date at all (also by Jack of Edinburgh).


28 Jul 08 - 04:24 PM (#2399742)
Subject: RE: Scots Minstrelsie (1893) by John Greig
From: Big Tim

On my copy, vol 1 is also dated 1893. Different editions?


28 Jul 08 - 05:40 PM (#2399816)
Subject: RE: Scots Minstrelsie (1893) by John Greig
From: Jim McLean

Definitely no date on my vol 1. I have six, slightly larger than A4 volumes, dark olive green with gold writing.Publisher is given as T. C. & E. C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, illustrated by F. Michael Brown.


29 Jul 08 - 02:58 AM (#2400086)
Subject: RE: Scots Minstrelsie (1893) by John Greig
From: Big Tim

On my set, volumes 1 to 4 are all dated 1893.
Vols 5 and 6 have no date. This set is bound in brown cloth. However, my local library also has a set and it is bound in blue.
So that's 3 known colours and various dates. Puzzling!


29 Jul 08 - 03:01 AM (#2400087)
Subject: RE: Scots Minstrelsie (1893) by John Greig
From: Big Tim

PS Jim,

Perhaps you could check the British Library or the NLS? They should both have the first edition from legal deposit.


29 Jul 08 - 11:33 AM (#2400367)
Subject: RE: Scots Minstrelsie (1893) by John Greig
From: Big Tim

I was curious about Greig himself so I emailed the National Library of Scotland asking if they had any biographical ino on him. Below is the reply, received in less than 24 hours. Well done NLS.

'There seems to be surprisingly little information on such a well known composer and professor of music, and most catalogue records merely refer to him as 'flourishing' between 1892 and 1910. [as in the Library of Congress catalogue - b.t.]

However in John Farmer's 'A History of Music in Scotland' published, 1947, Greig is mentioned many times and his dates are given as 1854-1909. According to Farmer's text, Greig was educated at Edinburgh University and Moray House Training College, he also graduated B.Mus (1878) and D.Mus (1899) at Oxford. As organist at St. Cuthbert's Free Church, Edinburgh, and as interim professor of music at the University (1891) he was very popular. In 1900 he became organist of the Scottish National Church, London, where he died'.

Also checked the blue copy of 'Minstrelsie' in my local library. They only have vols. 1,4,5 and 6. None have any date on them, but vol 1 has a photo of Greig in it, which is not in vol. 1 of my brown set!


29 Jul 08 - 01:18 PM (#2400463)
Subject: RE: Scots Minstrelsie (1893) by John Greig
From: Jim McLean

I'm waiting for an answer from the BL but as you say, Big Tim, Farmer (Henry George) mentions Greig a few times and writes twice that the Scots Minstrelsie was published in 1892-5, Edinburgh.


29 Jul 08 - 08:47 PM (#2400869)
Subject: RE: Scots Minstrelsie (1893) by John Greig
From: Rumncoke

When I get back from Sidmouth I must go though all the volumes, I have already found the exact versions of a couple of somgs my mother used to sing, and hope that there might be more.


30 Jul 08 - 07:49 AM (#2401113)
Subject: RE: Scots Minstrelsie (1893) by John Greig
From: Jim McLean

From the British Library:


No.
Brief record


1
Scots minstrelsie : a national monument of Scottish song / edited and arranged by John Greig ; with a gallery of authentic portraits, and illustrations after Wilkie, Duncan, Faed, Harvey, Bough, and others ; in six volumes. [ca. 1900]



Scots minstrelsie : a national monument of Scottish song / edited and arranged by John Greig in six volumes; with original coloured illustrations by J. Michael Brown. [ca. 1895?]

3
Scots minstrelsie : a national monument of Scottish song / edited and arranged by John Greig in six volumes ; with original coloured illustrations by J. Michael Brown. 1893-[1894]

4
Scots Minstrelsie: a National Monument of Scottish Song, edited and arranged by J. Greig ... In six volumes, with original coloured illustrations by J. M. Brown. / [by Greig, John]. 1893.

5
Scots Minstrelsie: a national monument of Scottish Song. Edited and arranged by John Greig ... In six volumes, with original coloured illustrations by J. Michael Brown. / [by Greig, John]. [1893]




Looking at the two catalogue records in our Integrated Catalogue the British Library uses the following conventions for dating publications:



G.747. is dated 1893. A date not in parenthesis is a firm date of publication found in the work, for example on the title page.

R.M. 13.e.19. is from the Royal Music Library and dated [1893]. A date in square parenthesis [1893] is a firm date supplied from another source of information, whether ineternal or external such as a publisher's catalogue or advertisement.


26 Feb 19 - 10:35 PM (#3979272)
Subject: RE: Scots Minstrelsie (1893) by John Greig
From: GUEST,DParker

My husband was just given the full set of 6 books dated 1893. Just wondering about value of these. He is an excellent piper. And I am an avid book hoarder.


27 Feb 19 - 01:01 AM (#3979276)
Subject: RE: Scots Minstrelsie (1893) by John Greig
From: Joe Offer

Hi, D. Parker - as far as I can tell, the books are very common and have little value, maybe a hundred dollars for the set - maybe $200 for a set in exceptionally good condition. I have just one volume, and I liked it. Can't find it just now, though.
I checked prices at bookfinder.com - most of the available copies were from UK booksellers.
-Joe-