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Sender: Scott, Sir Walter
Recipient: Buchanan, Miss
Letters: 1
Date(s): n.d.
Location: BC MS 19c SCOTT
Note: Brief account and text (partly corrected) in Scott's hand, unsigned, of Macrimmon's Lament "Ha till mi tulidh" (sic), so headed. Inscribed (upside down) to Miss Buchanan, but not written in letter form. Scott's name written by hand in another hand. The English words apparently composed by Scott to fit the "mime". n.p. Original and typed TS (misspelling first word as "Na") bound in a volume of Scott's letters, 1814-30. Published (without correction) in his "Some Unpublished Letters", ed. J.A. Symington, 1932.
Sender: Costa, Sir Michael
Recipient: Dyer- (or perhaps Byer-) Knott, J.
Letters: 1
Date(s): 4 May 1875
Location: BC Misc. Letters 2
Note: Date from postmark. A small folded sheet bearing 2 bars of music with words signed below: "M Costa, 1875". The address is written opposite the signature, "59 Eccleston Square, London". The address on the envelope is Alphington, Exeter. Accompanying the
music, and of a size to fit the envelope, is a small note probably serving as a compliments slip which is signed by Costa and reads: "Messrs Mitchell & Co. to the particular care of Mr [P] Rettell. This is followed by 2 illegible words, perhaps a name. It is unclear how, or if, this slip relates to the music. Sir Michael Costa, Italian-born conductor and composer, came to England in 1830 and rapidly became director of London's leading musical organisations.