The Caledonian Pocket Companion
by James Oswald
Full title: The Caledonian Pocket Companion Containing Fifty of the most favourite Scotch Tunes several of them with Variations all set for the German Flute, by Mr Oswald
Publisher: London: Printed for J. Simpson in Sweetings Alley opposite the East Door of the Royal Exchange
Date: 1743-1759
Description:
Books 1-9: 1743-48
Books 10-12: 1759
Notes:
A two-volume CD-ROM edition with extensive notes was published by Nick Parkes and John Purser in 2006-2007.
RISM: O256
Gore: O1
Link: NLS Digital Gallery
Biographical info: Oswald was born in Crail in 1710, and died in Knebworth, Hertfordshire, in 1769. He was a musician and dancing master in Dunfermline, then went to Edinburgh, where he was a composer, publisher, cellist, and teacher. He moved to London in 1741, where he was a well-connected teacher, publisher, active in Society of the Temple of Apollo, and appointed Chamber Composer to the king in 1761. (Alburger; Grove)
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