Crawford of Balcarres manuscript

National Library of Scotland Acc.9769/Personal papers 84/1/6

written in 1692-4 for the household of Colin Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Balcarres (Fife), and still owned by the family, this Scottish lute book contains over 250 Scottish and English tunes. Gaelic harp repertory in the book includes four ports (an early type of Gaelic harp tune) and Da Mihi Manum by Ruaidhri Dall Ó Cathain

Some tablature transcrips by Wayne Cripps are available as PDF downloads: Port Atholl, Port Atholl (diferent setting), Da Mihi Manum, Port Gordon, The Duke of Lennox's Port.

Published books

Spring M (ed.)
The Balcarres lute book (c1700)
The Music of Scotland series 02 (forthcoming)
An edition in 2 volumes, with introduction, transcriptions, critical commentary and annotated facsimiles, is in preparation.

Ronn MacFarlane
The Scottish Lute vol. 2, The Highland King
Mel Bay Publications, Pacific, USA, 2003
Tunes from Wemyss, Rowallan, and Balcarres, in tablature and staff notation. Includes Port Athol, Horseman's Port, and Da mihi manum from Balcarres.

Simon Chadwick