Music in Scottish Castles and Country Houses

Music in Scottish Castles and Country Houses
Catalogued and surveyed by Dr Roger B. Williams MBE
Hon. Music Advisor to NTS



Dedicatees  –  All Collections

Search limited to letter 'M'

Monday 6th October 2025

Lord MacDonald – ? Alexander Wentworth Macdonald 1773-1824, 2nd Baron

Six solos for the German flute or violin Op. 1 / George Muschet  > Fraser C02/9

Mrs Macdonald

There's cauld kail in Aberdeen : piano variations / George Kiallmark  > Newhailes NH 62/10

Lady Macgrigor – ? Lady MacGregor d.1830, m. Sir John MacGregor (1745-1822), 18th Chief of Clan Gregor

Second set of Scotch quadrilles : piano or harp solo / Joseph Binns Hart  > Newhailes NH 67/19

Mr A. Mackenzie

The maiden galoppe : for piano? / M E H.  > Drum Dr 36/15

Miss Mackenzie of Belmont – presented to Queen Victoria in Dalkeith 1842 by Duchess of Roxburgh q.v.

Ricordati di me : for voice & piano / Aristide Verri  > Fyvie FLC-17/40

Edward MacMahon Esq.

(Carafa's romanza) Addio, Teresa : for 2 voices / C Dumon  > Fraser L04/2

W.C. Macready, Esq. – William Charles Macready 1793-1873, leading actor of the day on the English stage

Acis and Galatea : voc. sc. / George Frideric Handel  > Newhailes NH 43/1

Mr Mainzer and his pupils – ie Joseph Mainzer 1801-1851, German composer, teacher and author of "Singing for the Million"

A selection of psalms and hymns : for 1 or 2 treble voices with a bass / Sigismund Neukomm  > Fyvie FLC-26/2

Lady Makdougall Brisbane of Makerstoun – b. 1786 m. Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane (1773-1860)

Mary Jamieson : song / Mrs Orme  > Drum Dr 26/26

Miss Emily Malton

Beethoven's Symphony no. 1 in C : for piano duet / David Bruguier  > Newhailes NH 71/9

Lady Katharine Manners – Lady Katherine Isabella Manners 1809-1848, dau. the 5th Duke of Rutland

Three sonatas [ie trios] for the pianoforte or harpsichord Op. 43 : [kbd] / Leopold Kozeluch  > Newhailes NH 65/4

Mlle Amelie de Manoir

Vive Henri-Quatre : air with vars for piano / Joseph-Nicolas Lefroid de Méreaux  > Drum Dr 05/35

Countess of March – ? Margaret Campbell c1780-1850, m. Francis Douglas, 4th Earl of March later 8th of Wemyss

Favourite airs &c from Mozart's Don Giovanni, Bk 1,3,4 : for piano duet / Joseph Mazzinghi  > Newhailes NH 71/1

Selection of favourite airs &c from Mozart's Don Giovanni. Bk 1, 2, 4 : piano duet / Joseph Mazzinghi  > Newhailes NH 67/4

Henrietta Duchess of Marlborough – Lady Henrietta Churchill 1681-1733

Concerti grossi Op. 2 : for 2 violins &c / Francesco Geminiani  > Fraser B26 A-F/1

Duchess of Marlborough – Caroline Spencer 1743-1811

Four glees composed at Blenheim / J W Callcott  > Fraser K01/3

Duke of Marlborough – George Spencer 1739-1817, 4th Duke

Four glees composed at Blenheim / J W Callcott  > Fraser K01/3

Sigr Marras – singer

Bella rosa d'un mattino : romanza / L Pastina  > Drum Dr 06/15

M. Marryat

The bridge : song / Maria Lindsay  > Fraser L08/1

Miss Marshall

Three sonatas for the pianoforte Op. 15 / Giovanni Battista Viotti  > Fraser C19/2

Miss Marshall, Edinburgh

Son geloso del zefiro errante : nocturne / Aristide Verri  > Fyvie FLC-16/12

Miss Augusta Anne Martin

Fantasia with variations on Roy's Wife of Aldivalloch Op. 37 : piano variations / Friedrich Kalkbrenner  > Newhailes NH 59/10

Miss Martin

Beethoven's Symphony no. 1 in C : for piano duet / David Bruguier  > Newhailes NH 71/9

Princess Mary of Cambridge – 1833-1897, first cousin to Queen Victoria

My spirit shall be near thee! : ballad / Emily Keate  > Newhailes NH 77/72

Charles Mason Esq.

Eisenbahn Dampf-Galopp (Railroad galopade) : for piano / Joseph Gung'l  > Drum Dr 36/7

Mr Massingberd – ? Charles Langton Massingberd 1815-1887, of Gunby Hall

Take back the heart : song / Claribel  > Fraser L40/14

Miss Masson – ? Elizabeth Masson 1806-1865, prof. singer

If o'er the boundless sky ('Könnt'ich durch Räume flie'n') : song / Bernhard Molique  > Fraser L04/6

Matilda

The cypress wreath : song / William Edward Heather  > Drum Dr 05/10

James McFarlan (London)

Jessie, the flow'r o' Dunblane : song / R A Smith  > Drum Dr 05/4

Prince Frederic Francois De Mecklembourg Schwerin &c. – Frederick Francis I 1756-1837, Grand Duke

Six sonates mises en trio Op. 1 : [keybd] / Nicolas Scherrer  > Fraser B02/5

Ernest Duc de Mecklenbourg – 1742-1814, brother of Queen Charlotte q.v.

Six sonates pour le clavecin ou le pianoforte Op. 5 / J C Bach  > Fraser B04/1

Lady Mellbourne – ? Lady Caroline Lamb 1785-1828, Viscountess Melbourne

Six sonatas for the harpsichord or pianoforte Op. 10 / J C Bach  > Fraser B14/1

Mrs Alfred Mellon – prof. singer/comic actress

A norrible tale of the suicidial family : song / Unidentified Composers   > Fraser L39/26

Melodists Club – founded in 1825 'for the promotion of ballad, composition and melody'. Musical director: T. Cooke

Hey the bonnie breast-knots : ballad / John Sinclair  > Drum Dr 32/13

F. C. Meyer – ? Frederick Meyer, harpist

Piano sonata no. 33 / Ferdinand Ries  > Fraser E06/13

Miss Emelie Middleton of Town Hill

Le retour de Wandsworth : sonata [keybd] / Louis van Esch  > Fraser C11/9

Miss Miles

Auld Robin Gray : for piano / John F Burrowes  > Newhailes NH 68/10

Mrs J. Mill

The friends (Die Freunde) : for piano / Alexander Lawrie  > Drum Dr 40/4

Miss Miller

Oh! For ever when I gaz'd on thee : song / Emilie Souper  > Drum Dr 45/31

J. J. de Momigny

Le petit tambour, a favourite French air : for piano / T Latour  > Newhailes NH 68/16

Miss Charlotte Monro of Craiglockhart House – 1821-1908, sister of Georgiana q.v. or Georgiana's paternal aunt Charlotte (1782–1822)?

Extase (French melody) / Aristide Verri  > Fyvie FLC-17/20

Miss Giorgiana Monro, Craiglockhart – 1808-1868, dau. Alexander Monro tertius (1773-1859), professor of anatomy at Edinburgh University

Ciel pietoso! : aria / John Thomson  > Drum Dr 06/33

Miss Montagu Dundas of Melville – d.1837, dau. Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville 1742-1811

Loch Erroch side : harpsichord solo / Domenico Corri  > Fraser C02/5

Lady Georgina Montague – ? dau. William Montagu, Colonel 5th Duke of Manchester, Viscount Mandeville 1768-1843

Kimbolton Castle : divertimento for piano / George Kiallmark  > Newhailes NH 62/4

Mrs Montolieu – Maria Henrietta Montolieu, author of "The Enchanted Plants" and "The Festival of the Rose"

Per pietà, bell' idol mio : voice with flute and harp / Federici Benelli  > Fraser E03/8

Thomas Moore Esq. – 1779-1852, Irish poet and author of "Irish Melodies"

One struggle more : ballad / Mrs Robert Arkwright  > Newhailes NH 41/24

One struggle more : ballad / Mrs Robert Arkwright  > Drum Dr 35/6

Countess of Morley – Frances Talbot 1782–1857, English author/illustrator, m. John Parker, 1st Earl of Morley (1772-1840)

Forget me not : song / J Howell  > Drum Dr 21/14

Miss Moss

Twelfth dramatic divertimento from favourite airs by Rossini : for piano / David Bruguier  > Newhailes NH 54/11

Miss Moubray of Cockairney

Gin a body meet a body : rondo for piano / John MacGlashan  > Newhailes NH 49/7

Countess of Munster – Wilhelmina FitzClarence 1830-1906, née Kennedy-Erskine

XII sacred songs for the family circle / Anon.  > Newhailes NH 06/1

Mrs Murray Gartshore – Mary Murray-Gartshore d.1851, Scottish singer and composer

The fearless and the free : song / Zeta (pseud.)  > Fraser G12/3

The 'outward bound' song / Miss C M, of Edinburgh  > Fyvie FLC-17/2

53 works from all Collections inscribed to 50 dedicatees with surname beginning 'M'