George Thomson (musician)
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For other people with the same name, see George Thomson (disambiguation).
George Thomson (1757 – 1851) was a Scottish music publisher and a friend of Robert Burns.[1] He was clerk to the board of trustees in Edinburgh for 60 years. His A Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs for the Voice came out in six volumes between 1793 and 1841,[2] and included contributions from Burns, Lord Byron, Thomas Moore, Walter Scott and Thomas Campbell. Thomson published folksong arrangements by Joseph Haydn,[3][4] Ludwig van Beethoven,[3][5] Ignaz Pleyel,[3] Leopold Kozeluch,[3] Johann Nepomuk Hummel,[6] Carl Maria von Weber,[2] Henry Rowley Bishop,[2] and Robert Archibald Smith.[3]
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