Buck (William) Collection, [19--]

Summary

Title:

William Buck collection,

Dates:

[19--]

Creators:

Buck, William, d. 1970?

Language:

English.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], William Buck collection, ARCHIVES BUCK 1, The Music Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection of material dealing with Scottish bagpipe music, including correspondence related to the collection, tunes, programs, typescript notes, advertisements and price lists.

Custodial history:

Mr. William Buck, Mill Valley, December, 1970.

Physical location:

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Physical description:

Number of container: 1 box

Related resources

Other descriptive data:

The Music Library has just acquired a remarkable collection of Scotch bagpipe music, a gift from the estate of William Buck of Mill Valley. Mr. Buck Cultivated both a practical and scholarly interest in pipe music. His collection includes 45 volumes of practical editions of music for the bagpipe, including several tutors for beginning performers on the instrument. There are 25 volumes of a more critical, historical nature; among them is a complete set of David Glen's Collection of Ancient Piobaireachd, and early 19th century series running to 100 numbers. Among the periodicals represented is a complete set of Piping Times, 1948-1969, the B.C. Piper's Newsletter, 1961-1970, and a long run of Ar Soner, la Revue du Folklore vivant de Bretagne, 1956-70. The Buck collection also contains photo copies of important primary source material of interest to students of Scottish traditional music: Angus Mackay's Collection of Ancient Piobaireachd ... Edinburgh, 1838, and two large manuscript volumes, assembled by Mackay, in the National Library of Scotland.

In addition to the printed materials, the Buck bequest includes a fine group of L-P discs (Some 46 in all) of bagpipe music, and a set of 31 Canyon discs of songs and chants by the American Indian.

from CU News, vol 25:47 (Dec 17, 1970)
Vincent Duckles Music Library

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Processed by The Music Library staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Xiuzhi Zhou

Date Prepared:

© 1998

Date Encoded:

Machine-readable finding aid derived from typescript by rekeying. Date of source: Unknown.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of the Music Library.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], William Buck collection, ARCHIVES BUCK 1, The Music Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:

UC Berkeley, Music Library

Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US

Contact:

(510) 642-2623

music_reference@berkeley.edu

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