The music editions in the Scott Collection of the Music Library of the University of Stellenbosch before and up to 1800, excluding church music : an annotated catalogue with some notes on printers and publishers

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this thesis can be summarised under the following headings:Unlocking the Scott Collection to the music worldThe University of Stellenbosch is in the possession of the valuable Scott Collection,as was bought from the estate of Gerrit Wessels, the beneficiary of CommanderMichael Scott. The latter emigrated to South Africa because of health reasons,where he played a valuable role in the music circles of Cape Town. Music editions,manuscripts, gramophone records, and writings on music form about 20% of theScott Collection.Providing music editions with RISM numbers and the international implicationthereofThe research had to determine whether editions could be listed in the RISM. Thisinternational inventory of first and early music editions lists all known and existingeditions before and up to the year 1800. There are editions in the Scott Collection forexample, which are some of the only few first edition copies in the world, A detaileddescription of the RISM and its activities are discussed in detail in Chapter 2.Creating an user-friendly catalogue for the US Music LibraryIt was considered a great matter of importance to create an user-friendly cataloguefor research purposes. The editions discussed in this thesis are therefore presentedin table-form.Introducing further research possibilitiesThrough the survey done on the applicable music editions, it was discovered that111 editions in the Scott Collections could be listed in the RISM. Seeing that noeditions harboured in South Africa are listed in the RISM at present, this matterare naturally of international importance. This also creates opportunities for furtherresearch and international publications.Conservation of old paperIt became evident during the course of the research survey that the University ofStellenbosch was unaware of the monetary and international historical value of themusic editions in the Scott Collection. The collection is in danger of perishing, asit is not preserved according to international standards of conserving old paper.It is also not adequately protected from fire and theft hazards. This matter andsome suggestions to improve the situation, were brought under the attention of theuniversity authorities (see Chapter 9).

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