For an index to the composers identified below in these itemised contents of compendia or collections of MSS see the Composer Supplement
Numbered items in vol. 1 are as follows:
1-11 Specimens of the sublime, the beautiful, and the ornamental in music
12-13 Remains of the music of the ancients
[14-354] National music
14-18 Jewish music
19-76 Irish music
77-149 Scotch national music
150-185 Welch tunes
186-216 Old English tunes and some tunes of doubtful origin
217-236 French national music
237 Italian national music
238 Swiss national music
239-246 German national music
247-261 Spanish national music (258 Moorish air, 259 Hottentot tune, 260-261 Hungarian tune[s])
262-265 Polish music
266-270 Scandinavian national music
271-290 Norwegian national music (290 Runa of the Finlanders)
291 Danish national music
292-307 Russian music (307 Sclavonian tune)
308-315 Turkish music
316-320 Chinese tunes
321-348 East Indian tunes
349-354 Music of North America
Numbered items in vol. 2 to follow when available
Numbered items in vol. 3 : Longer pieces. List of contents ranging from J. S. Bach, Tartini, Geminiani, Clementi, Mozart, Haydn, Krumpholz and Pleyel (details to follow when available)
Dr 12/1 A Selection of Popular National Airs no. 1 (pp.1-58)"With symphonies and accompaniments by Sir John Stevenson, Mus.Doc. the words by Thomas Moore"
(1) All That's bright must fade (duet) *
(2) A Temple to Friendship
(3) Dost thou remember? *
(4) Fare thee well! thou lovely One
(5) Flow on, thou shining river *
(6) Ah! Come to me, when Daylight sets.
(7) Oft in the stilly Night
(8) Reason, Folly and Beauty
(9) Should those fond hopes
(10) So warmly we met
(11) Those Evening Bells
* Index to The Harmonized Airs:
(a) All that's bright must fade (b) Dost thou remember? (c) Flow on, thou shining River (d) Hark! the Vesper Hymn is stealing (glee)
"With symphonies and accompaniments by Henry R. Bishop, the words by Thomas Moore"
(1) Come, chase that starting Tear away
(2) Common Sense and Genius
(3) Gaily sounds the Castanet
(4) Hear me but once *
(5) Joys of Youth, how fleeting *
(6) Love and Hope
(7) Love is a Hunter-Boy
(8) My Harp has one unchanging Theme
(9) Oh! no - not e'en when first we lov'd
(10) Peace be around thee *
(11) Then fare thee well
(12) There comes a time
* Index to The Harmonized Airs:
(a) Hear me but once (b) Joys of Youth, how fleeting c) Peace be around thee
The titlepage carries this "Extract of a Letter from the Honble. Mrs. N__":
'In addition, the young and lovely Emily D__ has cast a perfect spell of enchantment over our circle by her exquisite singing in a new ballad, the words and melody of which I enclose you. She is obstinately silent as to the author; but, as I have before told who is here, you may easily guess. The music is from a late publication of the popular Henry Herz, and is one of the most striking and delightful strains that has been heard since Moore's "Oft in the stilly night." The Countess of B__ , who is with us, has made one of her clever pencil sketches of our vair vocalist, which I send you in to-night's Treasury dispatch; and immediately you receive it, I have to entreat you will forthwith find a publisher (Colburn, I believe, does not print music, but you can ask him), and let us have copies, or we shall be absolutely changed to copyists, for this is, I think, the thirtieth that has been made within these two days. __ Castle, October, 1833'
Dr 23/15 The Dance Music of Scotland, Book 1Arranged for the Piano Forte .. by J. T. Surenne
(1) The Duchess of Roxburghe (Reel)
(2) The Royal Recovery (Strathspey)
(3) Lennox's Love to Blantyre (Reel)
(4) The Countess of Loudon. (Strathspey)
(5) Clydeside Lasses (Reel)
(6) Ratha Fair (Reel)
(7) Brechin Castle (Strathspey)
(8) Lady Montgomery (Reel)
(9) Colonel McBain (Reel)
(10) Tullochgorum (Strathspey)
(11) Merry Lads of Ayr (Reel)
(12) Sir David Hunter Blair (Reel)
(13) Monny Musk (Strathspey)
(14) Charlie Stuart (Reel)
(15) The High Road to Linton (Reel)
(16) The Marquis of Huntly (Highland Fling) (Strathspey)
(17) Mrs. Macleod of Rasay (Reel)