Music at Castle Fraser

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



Former Owners  –  Castle Fraser

Monday 6th October 2025

--, Grace Eustace

D'ye ken John Peel? : hunting song / William Layland   L39/4

Barbieri, Charles (fl.1800-1826) – Anglo-Italian composer

Six progressive sonatas and six preludes for the harp or pianoforte Op. 14 / Charles Barbieri  C09/1

Bentinck, C

Concerti grossi Op. 3 : for 2 violins &c / Francesco Geminiani  B26 A-F/2

Bristow, Mary – companion to Elyza Fraser q.v.

  B01 (whole vol.)

  B02 (whole vol.)

  B03 (whole vol.)

  B04 (whole vol.)

  B05 (whole vol.)

  B06 (whole vol.)

  B07 (whole vol.)

  B08 (whole vol.)

  B09 (whole vol.)

  B10 (whole vol.)

  B11 (whole vol.)

  B12 (whole vol.)

  B13 (whole vol.)

  B14 (whole vol.)

  B15 (whole vol.)

  B16 A-H (whole vol.)

  B17 A-C (whole vol.)

  B18 A-D (whole vol.)

  B19 (whole vol.)

  B20 (whole vol.)

  B21 (whole vol.)

  B22 (whole vol.)

  B23 A-C (whole vol.)

  B24 A-G (whole vol.)

  B25 A-F (whole vol.)

  B26 A-F (whole vol.)

  B27 (whole vol.)

  B28 A-C (whole vol.)

  B29 A-D (whole vol.)

  B30 (whole vol.)

The celebrated dances performed at the King's Theatre in 1781, Bk 1 / Giovan Battista Noferi  B09/1

The celebrated opera dances performed at the King's Theatre in 1783. Bk 1 : for harpsichord, violin or flute / Luigi Borghi  B09/2

Six concertos for the harpsichord or pianoforte. Set 3 Op. 13 : [kbd] / J C Bach  B01/1

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

Trois sonates pour le clavecin ou le pianoforte Op. 8 / Leopold Kozeluch  B08/1

Twelve songs Op. 4 / William Jackson  B03/4

Two sonatas for the harpsichord or pianoforte Op. 6 / G S Loehlin  B02/1

C--, J-- E-- – J E Calcott?

Phillis : glee for ? voices / J W Callcott  K01/15

Carnaby, William (1772-1839) – English composer 

The Negro girl : song / William Carnaby  C17/10

Six songs / William Carnaby  C17/3

Cartoni, Signor (fl.1822) – Italian bass

Il carneval : glee for 4 voices / Signor Cartoni  G10/1

Clarke, William (c1775-1820) – Scottish composer

Three sonatas for the pianoforte Op. 1 : [kbd] / William Clarke  C11/6

Davies, Rowland (1740-1797) – ? English composer and pupil of Handel

XII sonate a due violini, e violoncello Op. 3 / Giuseppe Sammartini  D01 A-C/1

Dean, J – London music publisher

Vivi tu, te ne scongiuro : aria arr for piano / John F Burrowes  G15/8

Douglas, Annie

The Tyrolese evening hymn / Harriet Browne  L40/22

Drummond, Lady Blanche (1848-1874) – ch. George Drummond, 14th Earl of Perth m. Frederick Mackenzie Fraser q.v.

  L38 (whole vol.)

Air et variations de Rode ('fantaisie gracieuse') Op. 118 no. 2 : piano solo / Ferdinand Beyer  L38/8

(Weber's) Barcarolle d'Obéron [Op. 4] : for piano / René Favarger  L38/11

Les cloches du monastère Op. 54 : nocturne / Alfred Lefébure-Wély  L38/7

Credo de Dumont Op. 50 : piano variations / Paul Bernard  L38/17

Verdi's Ernani : fantaisie pour le piano Op. 42 / Ferdinand Beyer  L38/10

Grande valse sur Le Pardon de Ploërmel de Meyerbeer : for piano / François Burgmüller  L38/9

Les hirondelles, caprice-étude Op. 15 2nd ed. : for piano / Joseph Ascher  L38/12

(Daniel Auber's) La Muette de Portici (Op. 42) : for piano / Ferdinand Beyer  L38/6

Nocturne sur la Romance de 'L'éclair' d'Halévy Op. 71 : for piano / Joseph Ascher  L38/14

Potpourri sur des motifs d'opéras favoris, no. 12 : for piano / Henri Cramer  L38/15

Le rêve de Graziella Op. 113 : for piano / Alfred Lefébure-Wély  L38/16

Elouis, Jean Claude Louis (1758-1833) – French composer 

Lo conosco a quegli occhietti : duet with piano or harp / Jean Elouis  C18/10

Sconsigliata, che fo! [and] Qual pallor? Qual tema? : recit. & air / Jean Elouis  C18/9

Farrenc, Louise (1804-1875) – French composer

30 études pour piano Op. 26 : 'dans tous les tons majeurs & mineurs' / Louise Farrenc  L38/18

Ferrari, Signor (d. c1870) – Italian singer and head of a family of musicians including soprano Sophie Ferrari and her sister

Il poveretto : romance / Giuseppe Verdi  G11/3

Fischer, Johann Christian (1733-1800) – German composer 

Dulce domum : harpsichord or piano variations / J B Cramer  C14/5

Forbes, George (fl.1818-19) – m. Mary Hay [1792-] q.v.

  L24 (whole vol.)

  L25 (whole vol.)

Forbes, Hon. Mrs – ? mother of Mary Elizabeth Forbes q.v.

Six sonatas for the harpsichord or pianoforte Op. 17 / J C Bach  B30/2

Forbes, Mary Elizabeth (1760-1803) – see also Mary Elizabeth Hay née Forbes

Men of Prometheus 'Op. 24' : for piano / Ludwig van Beethoven  Dr 33/9

Overture (alla scozzese) to Guy Mannering, or the Gipsey's Prophecy : for piano / Henry Bishop  Dr 46/17

Six sonatas for the harpsichord or pianoforte Op. 3 [kbd] : [keybd] / Antonio Sacchini   C07/1

Three sonatas [ie trios] for the pianoforte or harpsichord Op. 17. Bk 1 : [bc] / J F X Sterkel  B21/1

Fraser, Augusta Charlotte (1833-1911) – m. Robert Drummond, banker; 13th ch. Charles and Jane Fraser qq,v.

  L16 (whole vol.)

Amo te solo, te solo amai : canzoncina / Felice Blangini  G11/34

Cielo, a miei lunghi spasimi : [soprano aria] / Gaetano Donizetti  G11/33

Deh! per questo istante solo : aria / W A Mozart  G11/31

The meeting of the waters : song / John Stevenson  G12/17

Quando miro quel bel ciglio (Though I watch the light that dances) : [canzonetta] / W A Mozart  G11/32

River! River! : song / Mrs Murray Gartshore  L04/20

La sera d'estate : serenata / Gabriele Nigri  G11/30

Fraser, Blanche (fl.1873) – ? a cousin of Charles and Jane Fraser qq.v.

  L18 (whole vol.)

Fraser, Catherine (1820-1856) – 3rd ch. Charles and Jane Fraser qq.v.

  L17 (whole vol.)

The Scotish minstrel .. vol. 3 : selected from the vocal melodies of Scotland / R A Smith  L17/1

Fraser, Col. Charles Mackenzie (1792-1871) – great-nephew of Elyza Fraser; m. Jane Hay (1799-1861) qq.v.

  F01 (whole vol.)

  F02 (whole vol.)

  F03 (whole vol.)

  F04 (whole vol.)

  F05 A-C (whole vol.)

  F06 (whole vol.)

  F07 (whole vol.)

  F08 A-B (whole vol.)

  F09 A (whole vol.)

  F09 B (whole vol.)

  F10 (whole vol.)

The better land / Zeta (pseud.)  G12/9

Six quartettos for two violins, a tenor and violoncello obligato Op. 4 / Antonín Kammel  B29 A-D/5

Fraser, Eleanor Jane (1824-1858) – 6th ch. Charles and Jane Fraser qq.v.

  L21 (whole vol.)

O thou breeze of Spring! : song / John Lodge Ellerton  L05/11

Fraser, Elyza (1734-1814) – great-aunt of Charles Mackenzie Fraser q.v.

  B01 (whole vol.)

  B02 (whole vol.)

  B03 (whole vol.)

  B04 (whole vol.)

  B05 (whole vol.)

  B06 (whole vol.)

  B07 (whole vol.)

  B08 (whole vol.)

  B09 (whole vol.)

  B10 (whole vol.)

  B11 (whole vol.)

  B12 (whole vol.)

  B13 (whole vol.)

  B14 (whole vol.)

  B15 (whole vol.)

  B16 A-H (whole vol.)

  B17 A-C (whole vol.)

  B18 A-D (whole vol.)

  B19 (whole vol.)

  B20 (whole vol.)

  B21 (whole vol.)

  B22 (whole vol.)

  B23 A-C (whole vol.)

  B24 A-G (whole vol.)

  B25 A-F (whole vol.)

  B26 A-F (whole vol.)

  B27 (whole vol.)

  B28 A-C (whole vol.)

  B29 A-D (whole vol.)

  B30 (whole vol.)

Fraser, Frederick Alexander Mackenzie – sib. Charles Mackenzie Fraser q.v.

  D11 (whole vol.)

Verdi's Rigoletto : for piano / Giuseppe Verdi  L07/1

Fraser, G Lovett Mackenzie

Drink, puppy, drink : hunting song / Anon.  L39/16

Fraser, Grace Harriet (1830-1886) – 10th ch. Charles and Jane Fraser qq.v.

Album für die Jugend Op. 68 (1.Abt. 1-11) : piano solo / Robert Schumann  L43/3

The captive knight : ballad / Harriet Browne  G12/14

Cara, deh! Asciuga il pianto : arietta / Nicola Vaccai  G11/8

De' miei giorni sulmattino : cavatina / Saverio Mercadante  G11/4

I'd be a fairy : ballad / James Perring  L04/27

Kathleen Mavourneen : song / F Nicholls Crouch  L05/13

Non giova il sospirar : canzonetta venziana / Gaetano Donizetti  G11/9

Il poveretto : romance / Giuseppe Verdi  G11/3

The song of the zephyr / A J Rexford  L04/28

Fraser, Helen Mackenzie – sib. Charles Mackenzie Fraser q.v.

  E01 (whole vol.)

  E02 (whole vol.)

  E03 (whole vol.)

  E04 (whole vol.)

  E05 (whole vol.)

  E06 (whole vol.)

Deh! vieni non tardar : recit. & cavatina / W A Mozart  E03/26

Fraser, Jane nee Hay (1799-1861) – m. Charles Mackenzie Fraser q.v.

  E03 (whole vol.)

  G01 (whole vol.)

  G02-3 (whole vol.)

  G04 (whole vol.)

  G05 (whole vol.)

  G06 (whole vol.)

  G07 (whole vol.)

  G08 A-C (whole vol.)

  G09 (whole vol.)

  G10 (whole vol.)

  G11 (whole vol.)

  G12 (whole vol.)

  G13 (whole vol.)

  G14 (whole vol.)

  G15 (whole vol.)

Angel of life : song / J W Callcott  G10/29

Blow, gentle gales : glee for 3 voices / Henry Bishop  G13/1

Blow, gentle gales : glee for 3 voices / Henry Bishop  G12/13

The captive knight : ballad / Harriet Browne  G13/2

Ce vieux chêne dont le feuillage : romance / François-Adrien Boieldieu  G10/27

Chi d'amor squarciò la banda : aria / Valentino Fioravanti  G05/14

Eight canzonets / Farinelli  G05/28

Eight canzonets by Sigr Millico / Joseph Mazzinghi  G05/19

Fiero incontro [and] Lasciami non t'ascolto : recit. & duet / Gioachino Rossini  G05/16

La jeune et sensible Isabelle : romance / Sophie Gail  G10/26

Oh patria! Dolce, e ingrata patria! [and] Tu che accendi questo core : recit. & aria / Gioachino Rossini  G05/15

Paga fui, fui lieta un di : cavatina / Peter Winter  G05/12

Parto, ti lascio, addio : recit. & duet / Johann Simon Mayr  G05/3

Return blest days : glee for 4 voices / J S Smith  G10/30

Rossini's overture to Il Barbiere di Seviglia : piano duet / David Bruguier  G14/7

Should he upbraid : song / Henry Bishop  G13/3

Should he upbraid : song / Henry Bishop  G12/18

Six Italian ariettes : with piano / Johann Simon Mayr  G05/1

Tho' you leave me now in sorrow : duet / John Davy  G12/19

Tho' you leave me now in sorrow : duet / John Davy  G13/4

Vieni, o sonno : terzet / Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari  G05/5

Fraser, Lt-Col. Frederick Mackenzie ('Freddy', 1831-1897) – m. Blanche Drummond q.v.; 11th ch. Charles and Jane Fraser qq.v.

  L01 (whole vol.)

  L02 (whole vol.)

  L03 (whole vol.)

  L04 (whole vol.)

  L05 (whole vol.)

  L06 (whole vol.)

  L07 (whole vol.)

  L08 (whole vol.)

  L09 (whole vol.)

  L10 (whole vol.)

  L11 (whole vol.)

  L12 (whole vol.)

  L13 (whole vol.)

  L14 (whole vol.)

  L15 (whole vol.)

The bloom is on the rye : [song] / Henry Bishop  L40/20

The captive knight : ballad / Harriet Browne  G12/14

O who will o'er the downs so free? : Hickenstirn's song (in chorus) / Robert Lucas de Pearsall  L40/7

Take back the heart : song / Claribel  L40/14

Fraser, Marianne Mackenzie (fl.1816-49) – organist at Hayes Parish Church; sib. Charles Mackenzie Fraser q.v.

  D01 A-C (whole vol.)

  D02 A-B (whole vol.)

  D03 (whole vol.)

  D04 (whole vol.)

  D05 (whole vol.)

  D06 (whole vol.)

  D07 A-B (whole vol.)

  D07 C (whole vol.)

  D08 (whole vol.)

  D09 (whole vol.)

  D10 (whole vol.)

  D11 (whole vol.)

  D12 (whole vol.)

  D13 (whole vol.)

  D14 (whole vol.)

Desolate is the dwelling of Morna : [glee for 3 vv.] / J W Callcott  D05/9

Forty select anthems in score : for 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7 and 8 voices / Maurice Greene  D02 A-B/1

The hermit : sacred song / Zeta (pseud.)  L40/10

Fraser, Mary Elizabeth ('Lizzie', 1823-47) – 5th ch. Charles and Jane Fraser qq.v.

  L19 (whole vol.)

  L20 (whole vol.)

Mine, ever mine! : song / Zeta (pseud.)  G12/7

Hawes, C

The days that are no more : song / Jacques Blumenthal  L08/3

Hay, Catherine

Lady Mary Ramsay's strathspey (by Nathaniel Gow) : rondo for piano / Thomas Butler  C14/6

Phillis the Fair : song / William Knyvett  C17/7

Piano concerto no. 20 in d minor K.466 : [kbd] / W A Mozart  C14/3

Questo è dunque il loco usato : cavatina / Giovanni Paisiello  C01/11

Six original canzonettas for the voice. 1st set : with piano / Joseph Haydn  C17/1

Hay, Grace (fl. 1831) – Jane Fraser's older sister

The captive knight : ballad / Harriet Browne  G13/2

Hay, Mary (fl.1766)

Ten sonatas for the harpsichord, organ or pianoforte / John Burton  B30/1

Hay, Mary Elizabeth nee Forbes (1760-1803) – m. Sir John Hay of Haystoun (1755-1830)

  C01 (whole vol.)

  C02 (whole vol.)

  C03 (whole vol.)

  C04 (whole vol.)

  C05 (whole vol.)

  C06 (whole vol.)

  C07 (whole vol.)

  C08 (whole vol.)

  C09 (whole vol.)

  C10 (whole vol.)

  C11 (whole vol.)

  C12 (whole vol.)

  C13 (whole vol.)

  C14 (whole vol.)

  C15 (whole vol.)

  C16 (whole vol.)

Concerto in G [flute parts] / Johann Georg Christoph Schetky  C05/1

Six concertos for the harpsichord or pianoforte. Set 3 Op. 13 : [kbd] / J C Bach  C02/1

Six progressive sonatas and six preludes for the harp or pianoforte Op. 14 / Charles Barbieri  C09/1

Hay, Mary, of Haystoun (1792-1877) – m. George Forbes q.v. | ch. John Hay of Haystoun and Mary Elizabeth Hay née Forbes qq.v.

  L22 (whole vol.)

D'ye ken John Peel? : hunting song / William Layland   L39/4

The forsaken : ballad / Virginia Gabriel  L39/9

Parissot's celebrated hornpipe in Barbara and Allen / Cesare Bossi  C11/1

A Third collection of strathspey reels &c. : piano trio [pf] / Malcolm McDonald  C12/4

Hay, Miss

  C14 (whole vol.)

  C17 (whole vol.)

  C18 (whole vol.)

  C19 (whole vol.)

  C20 (whole vol.)

  C21 (whole vol.)

Blow, gentle gales : glee for 3 voices / Henry Bishop  G12/13

When forc'd from her I love, to part : ballad / Anon.  C01/15

Hayes, A

The Triune national march / Sarah Ann Hayes  L39/35

Hill, Annie

The secret : song / Annie J F Harrison  L40/21

Horn, Charles Frederick (1762-1830) – English composer

Trafalgar, an heroic song / Charles Frederick Horn  C17/5

Jones, Josephine

The meeting of the waters : song / John Stevenson  G12/17

Knight, Mary E

  L26-7 (whole vol.)

Six sonatas for the harpsichord or pianoforte Op. 17 / J C Bach  B30/2

Lihu, Annette de (fl.1825) – French singer and composer

La jeune et sensible Isabelle : romance / Sophie Gail  G10/26

Mack-Fraser, Miss – Mackenzie-Fraser?

Torna di Tito a lato : aria / Giambattista Cimador  E03/22

Mackenzie, Eliza

XII sonatas modernas para clavicordio / Domenico Scarlatti  B15/1

Six sonates or lessons for the harpsicord Op. 3 : [keybd w. vn] / Jean-Joseph de Mondonville  B15/2

MacKenzie, M

XII sonatas modernas para clavicordio / Domenico Scarlatti  B15/1

Six sonates or lessons for the harpsicord Op. 3 : [keybd w. vn] / Jean-Joseph de Mondonville  B15/2

Meves, Augustus (1785-1859) – English composer/arranger

(Rossini's ) Ecce ridente il cielo : for piano / Augustus Meves  G15/2

Pergetti, Paolo (fl.1844-53) – Italian composer

Ah non mi è dato esprimerti : notturno / Paolo Pergetti  G11/38

Pilkington, Louisa Elizabeth (1824-1893) – of Hayes, Kent, grand-daughter of Sir Vicary Gibbs (1751-1820)

  L19 (whole vol.)

Pinsuti Ciro (1829-1888) – Italian composer

The arrow and the song : song / Ciro Pinsuti  L39/5

Rexford, A J – 19th-c. English composer

The song of the zephyr / A J Rexford  L04/28

Salomon, Johann Peter (1745-1815) – German violinist, composer, conductor and musical impresario

Haydn's Overture no. 2 in D : for piano with violin & cello ad lib. / Joseph Haydn  E05/5

Shield, William (1748-1829) – English composer

Sally Roy : Scottish ballad / William Shield  C17/9

Smith, Robert

Forty select anthems in score : for 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7 and 8 voices / Maurice Greene  D02 A-B/1

Sommers, Anne

The low-backed car! : song / Samuel Lover  L40/3

Stabilini, Girolamo (c1762-1815) – Italian composer

Keyboard concerto no. 2 / Girolamo Stabilini  B03/1

Stevens, Richard John Samuel (1757-1837) – English composer

Crabbed age and youth cannot live together : glee for 4 vv. / Richard John Samuel Stevens  K01/2

Sullivan, Sir Arthur Seymour (1842-1900) – English composer

Old love letters : song / Arthur Sullivan  L39/11

Thomson, George – Edinburgh bookseller

  LHM 01-4 (whole vol.)

A select collection of original Scottish airs, 3rd set / Leopold Kozeluch  Dr 11/1

A select collection of original Scottish airs, vol. 1 / Ignaz Pleyel  LHM 01-4/1

Three grand sonatas [ie trios] for the pianoforte or harpsichord, 1st set : [kbd] / Leopold Kozeluch  C09/4

Three grand sonatas [ie trios] for the pianoforte or harpsichord, 2nd set : [kbd] / Leopold Kozeluch  C09/5

Tomlinson

Czerny's pianoforte instruction book (new ed.) / Carl Czerny  L42/1

Tomlinson, Eleanor F (fl.1866-71) – ch. Eleanor Jane Mackenzie Fraser and Rt. Revd. George Tomlinson q.v.

  L43 (whole vol.)

Album für die Jugend Op. 68 (1.Abt. 1-11) : piano solo / Robert Schumann  L43/3

(Beethoven's valse) Le désir : as piano duet / Henri Roubier  L43/5

Pianofore studies Bk 2, Op. 47 / Stephen Heller  L43/2

The pupil's daily exercises for the piano forte / J B Cramer  L43/4

Tomlinson, May E (fl.1871-78) – ch. Eleanor Jane Mackenzie Fraser and Rt. Revd. George Tomlinson q.v.

  L41 (whole vol.)

Echoes from the Highlands : fantasy for piano / W S Rockstro  L41/9

Fantasie sur 'Beatrice di Tenda' Op.36 no. 8 : for piano / Vincenzo Bellini  L41/4

Fantasie sur Lucrezia Borgia (de Donizetti) Op.36 no. 10 : for piano / Ferdinand Beyer  L41/6

Operatic fantasia no. 2: Rossini's Cenerentola : for piano / Joseph Rummel  L41/10

Piano sonata no. 20 Op. 49 no. 2 / Ludwig van Beethoven  L41/8

Pianofore studies Bk 2, Op. 47 / Stephen Heller  L41/11

Sehnsuchtswalzer, Le Désir [based on Schubert's Trauerwalzer no. 2] : for piano / Ludwig van Beethoven  L41/3

Sonatina in C major Op 36 no 3. : for piano / Muzio Clementi  L41/1

Sonatina in D major Op 36 no 6. : for piano / Muzio Clementi  L41/2

Those evening bells : piano duet / W H Callcott  L41/7

Tomlinson, Rt. Revd. George C J (1794-1863) – Anglican Bishop of Gibraltar from 1842 to 1863

  L42 (whole vol.)

The master and scholar : piano duet / Carl Czerny  L42/2

Viotti, Giovanni Battista (1755-1824) – Italian composer

(Viotti's) Concerto in G : for piano with violin &c / J L Dussek  C15/3

Zeta – pseudonymous 19th-c. English composer

Child of the sunbeam : duet / Zeta (pseud.)  G12/4

Come to me, gentle Sleep : song / Zeta (pseud.)  G12/6

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

Mine, ever mine! : song / Zeta (pseud.)  G12/7

68 former owners mentioned in 155 separate works at Castle Fraser