Music in Scottish Castles and Country Houses

Music in Scottish Castles and Country Houses
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Pacini, Giovanni (1796-1867) Italian

Cesse al fin la tempesta [and] Ma dov'è {from Pacini's L'Italiana in Algeri} : recit. & cavatina / arr. N-C Bochsa    Newhailes NH 40/11

Padre! oh spavento! [and] Deh! Fermate non t'ascolto {from La Sposa Fedele} : recit. & duet    Newhailes NH 40/12

Pellegrin da Palestina {from Ivanhoe} : romance    Drum Dr 30/16

Portrait charmant, portrait de mon amie : romance    Fyvie FLC-17/18

Sommo cielo che un padre amato {from La Schiava in Bagdad} : recit. & aria    Drum Dr 06/30

Su questa man concedi {from L'Ultimo Giorni di Pompei} : arietta    Drum Dr 25/5

Tutto ho perduto al fin [and] Ah! che forse in tai momenti {from Adelaide e Commingio} : recit & aria    Drum Dr 26/8

Paderewski, Ignacy Jan (1860-1941) Polish

Minuet Op. 14 no. 1 [organ roll]    Fyvie OR2/16

Paer, Ferdinando (1771-1839) Italian

All I now feel / Quel ch'io provo - voc. quartet    Fraser G05/37

Dolce dell'anima {from Sargino} : duet     Fyvie FLC-16/4

Dolce dell'anima {from Sargino} : duet     Fraser G05/10

Duet on subjects from Paer's operas : for harp & piano     Newhailes NH 69/9

Placida l'onda mormora : cavatina    Fraser G05/21

Quando in ciel : duettino notturno    Fraser G05/9

Paganini, Niccolò (1782-1840) Italian

Concertante brillante on melodies by Paganini : for harp & piano &c / arr. N-C Bochsa    Newhailes NH 70/15

Recollection of Paganini : fantasia for piano    Drum Dr 24/14

Rondo on the barcarolla in (Paganini's) Carnival of Venice (Dramatic airs arranged as rondos no. 17) : for piano / arr. Ignaz Moscheles    Newhailes NH 61/15

Rondo on the barcarolla in (Paganini's) Carnival of Venice (Dramatic airs arranged as rondos no. 17) : for piano / arr. Ignaz Moscheles    Newhailes NH 68/5

Paisiello, Giovanni (1740-1816) Italian

Ah, la spem è come un fiore : duet    Drum Dr 06/26

Ah, will no change of clime {from Paisiello's La Molinara} : song    Brodie Br 17/11

Giovinette semplicette {from La Frascatana} : soprano aria    Drum Dr 22/10

(Paisiello's) Hope told a flattering tale ('Nel cor più non mi sento') : piano variations / arr. Ludwig van Beethoven    Drum Dr 10/3

(Paisiello's) Hope told a flatt'ring tale : harp or piano variations / arr. Jean Elouis    Fraser C18/11

Lo conosco a quegli occhietti {from Paisiello's La Serva Padrona} : duet with piano or harp / arr. Jean Elouis    Fraser C18/10

Il mio ben quando verra {from Nina} : cavatina (for mezzo & piano)    Newhailes NH 63/19

Paisiello's Nel cor più non mi sento : cello variations    Fraser F03/15

Nel cor più non mi sento {from La Molinara} : sop. aria    Drum Dr 03/31

O dolce concento : aria / arr. Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari    Drum Dr 03/20

The overture and music to The Barber of Seville : adapted to the English stage / arr. Henry Bishop    Fyvie FLC-07/8

Pandolfetto graziosetto {from I Zingari in Fiera} : duet    Newhailes NH 52/9

Pandolfetto graziosetto {from I Zingari in Fiera} : duet    Fraser C01/6

Pandolfetto graziosetto {from I Zingari in Fiera} : duet    Fraser G05/8

Piche cornacchie e nottole {from Gli Schiavi per Amore} : voc. duet    Brodie Br 17/18

Questo è dunque il loco usato {from Nina} : cavatina    Fraser C01/11

Variations on 'Quant'è più  bella' from (Paisiello's) La Molinara : for piano / arr. Ludwig van Beethoven    Drum Dr 46/5

Vè come nobile {from La Didone} : duet / arr. Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari    Newhailes NH 39/20

Panseron, Auguste Mathieu (1796-1859) French

Eh! Vogue ma nacelle : barcarolle    Newhailes NH 40/3

Paradies, Pietro Domenico (1707-1791) Italian

Sonate di gravicembalo    Fraser D03/3

Parke, Mrs (19th c.)

Toll for the brave : song    Fraser E03/4

Parke, William Thomas (1762-1847) English

Johnny came a courting me : song    Drum Dr 03/41

Parker, William Henry (1845-1929) English

Bonnie Scotland - fantasia on Scotch melodies [organ roll]    Fyvie OR2/50

Parry, John (1776-1851) Welsh

A,B,C : duet    Drum Dr 21/2

Beauty in tears : ballad    Drum Dr 05/6

The exile of Erin, or Erin go bragh : song    Drum Dr 03/28

Fortunatus {from The Wishing Cap} : as rondo for piano    Newhailes NH 67/16

Here in cool grot (by Lord Mornington) : glee    Drum Dr 28/26

The voice of her I love {from The Castle of Andalusia} : ballad    Drum Dr 05/16

Parry, John Orlando (1810-1879) English

Sweet Mary mine! : song    Drum Dr 28/1

Pastina, Luigi (19th c.) Italian

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

Paton, Mary Ann (1802-1864) Scottish

Mary of Castle Cary : Scotch ballad    Drum Dr 12/15

Pavesi, Stefano (1779-1850) Italian

Mi vien da ridere : cavatina    Fraser G05/33

Paxton, Stephen (1734-1787) English

Six easy solos for a violoncello or bassoon Op. 3    Fraser F04/3

Pearsall, Robert (1795-1856) English

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

Pellegrini, Ferdinando (c1715-c1766) Italian

Six lessons for the harpsichord Op. 5    Newhailes NH 47/3

Six sonatas for the harpsichord Op. 4    Newhailes NH 47/2

Penson, William (c1776-?1829) Scottish

(First set of) Beethoven's celebrated waltzes : for piano    Drum Dr 05/42

(A second set of) Beethoven's celebrated waltzes : for piano    Drum Dr 05/44

(A third set of) Beethoven's celebrated waltzes : for piano    Drum Dr 05/43

Pepusch, Johann Christoph (1667-1752) German

The Beggar's Opera : for flute, violin or guitar / arr. Anon.    Brodie Br 04/2

Corelli's trio sonata scores [corrected], Sets 1-4    Fraser D04/1

The tunes in The Beggar's Opera : for guitar or recorder    Brodie Br 04/1

Pergetti, Paolo (19th c.) Italian

Ah non mi è dato esprimerti : notturno    Fraser G11/38

Perring, James Ernest (1822-1889) English

I'd be a fairy {from An Hour in Fairy Land} : ballad    Fraser L04/27

Perry, Edward (19th c.) English

Select airs from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor : piano duet    Drum Dr 40/6

Perry, Frederick C (b. 1802) English

The Helena polkas : for piano    Drum Dr 36/6

Perry, George Frederick (1793-1862) English

Hark! o'er the sea (Lays of Venice & Songs of the Carnival, no. 2) : voc. duet    Drum Dr 35/31

Perucchini, Giovanni Battista (1784-1870) Italian

Il canto : arietta (for tenor & piano)    Newhailes NH 63/12

Il desiderio : arietta    Fyvie FLC-17/35

La notte è bella : barcarola veneziana    Newhailes NH 39/12

Perugini, Leonardo (1802-1883) Italian

Mi lagnerò tacendo : vocal trio    Drum Dr 37/37

Il sol che ne rischiara : song    Newhailes NH 77/83

Pescetti, Giovanni Battista (1704-1766) Italian

Chamber aires for a German flute, violin or harpsichord. Vol. 2 pts 1-2    Newhailes NH 78/1

Demetrio overture : [for piano]    Newhailes NH 51/12

Sonate per gravicembalo    Newhailes NH 18/1

Petrie, Robert (1767-1830) Scottish

A collection of strathspey reels &c. : with a bass for cello or harpsichord    Leith Hall LHM 07/4

Phelps, Bernard (20th c.) English

The choristers (valse) : [piano solo]    Newhailes NH 77/28

Philidor, François-André Danican (1726-1795) French

The overture, songs &c in The Deserter : for voice & guitar    Brodie Br 05/2

The songs &c in The Deserter    Fraser B30/4

The songs &c in The Deserter (a musical drama)    Brodie Br 03/2

Philip, Elizabeth (19th c.) English

When all the world is young : song    Fraser L39/10

Phipps, T B (19th c.) English

The moon is up! : serenade    Drum Dr 29/7

Piccinni, Niccolò (1728-1800) Italian

[Overture to] Artaserse : for harpsichord    Fraser C08/1

[Overture to] La Buona Figliuola : for harpsichord    Fraser C16/8

[Overture to] La Buona Figliuola : for harpsichord    Fraser C08/1

[Overture to] La Buona Figliuola : [for harpsichord]    Newhailes NH 51/13

(Overture to) La Buona Figliuola : [violin part?]    Drum Dr 08/1

[Overture to] La Buona Figliuola Maritata : for harpsichord    Fraser C08/1

[Overture to] La Schiava : for harpsichord    Fraser C08/1

The periodical overtures in 8 parts, nos. 19-24 (Op.4)    Fraser M1/15

La Schiava overture : for harpsichord    Fraser C16/7

La Schiava : overture [keybd]    Newhailes NH 51/10

Six canzonets for two voices : with piano    Fraser L23/7

'Piccolomini, M(arie)' (Henry Theodore Pontet) (1833-1902) Irish

Ora pro nobis [organ roll]    Fyvie OR1/8

Pignatelli, Le Prince (19th c.) Italian

Ah! Che soffrir mi resta : canzonetta    Drum Dr 22/23

Pilbrow, T (of Exeter) (19th c.) English

Oh Delia, how divinely bright (air) : for harp or piano    Fraser E03/2

Why stays my love (ballad) : for harp or piano    Fraser E03/3

Pinna, Joseph de (c1798-1885) Italian

Gaily chant the summer birds : cavatina    Drum Dr 22/14

What fairy-like music! : gondola song or duet    Fraser G12/16

Pinsuti, Ciro (1829-1888) Anglo-Italian

The arrow and the song : song    Fraser L39/5

Laddie : song    Newhailes NH 77/84

Pinto, George Frederick (1785-1806) English

The favourite canzonet of Mamma Mia / arr. Natale Corri    Drum Dr 10/5

Pixis, Johann Peter (1788-1874) German

Rondoletto on a favourite Spanish bolero : for piano    Newhailes NH 63/10

Variations sur un air national autrichien Op.39 : for piano    Drum Dr 15/18

Variations sur un air national autrichien Op.39 : for piano    Drum Dr 24/5

Pleyel, Camille (1788-1855) French

[Rossini's] Cruda sorte : for piano & cello    Fraser F05 A-C/6

Cruda sorte, thème favori de Rossini : rondo for piano    Newhailes NH 62/7

(Rossini's) Di tanti palpiti : piano variations    Fraser G15/1

Mélange from Meyerbeer's 'Il Crociato in Egitto' : for piano    Drum Dr 24/10

Mélange from Meyerbeer's 'Il Crociato in Egitto' : for piano    Newhailes NH 63/4

Mélange from Rossini's operas : for piano    Newhailes NH 62/1

La ronde villageoise : pastorale for piano    Newhailes NH 62/6

Rondeau alla pollaca : for piano    Newhailes NH 68/7

A selection of airs from the most celebrated operas of Rossini, Bk 2 : for piano    Newhailes NH 68/13

Pleyel, Ignace (1757-1831) Austrian

(Pleyel's) Concerto in E flat : for piano or harpsichord &c / arr. J B Cramer    Drum Dr 09/1

(Pleyel's) Concerto in E flat : for piano or harpsichord &c / arr. J B Cramer    Drum Dr 09/2

Deux grandes sonates pour le clavecin ou pianoforte Op. 7    Newhailes NH 50/2

Eighteen favourite sonatinas for the pianoforte    Fraser B03/2

Fourteen sonatinas for the harpsichord or pianoforte (1st set)    Fraser C16/1

(Pleyel's) quartet in E flat Op. 1 : for harpsichord or piano with violin / arr. Natale Corri    Fraser C03/2

Quartetto from Pleyel's Op.6 : for harpsichord or piano / arr. Natale Corri    Newhailes NH 53/7

A select collection of original Scottish airs, 1st set    Drum Dr 13/1

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

A select collection of original Scottish airs, vol. 1-2    Newhailes NH 36/1

A select collection of original Scottish airs, vol. 2    Leith Hall LHM 01-4/2

Six duets concertante. Book 1 : for 2 flute., or flute. & violin    Fyvie FLC-03 A-B/2

Six quartetts for two violins, a tenor and violoncello Op. 6    Fraser B29 A-D/3

Six sonatas for the pianoforte    Newhailes NH 53/3

Six sonatas for the pianoforte    Fraser E06/15

Six sonatas for the pianoforte : [vc]    Fraser F04/5

Six sonatas for the pianoforte or harpsichord    Fraser C04/1

Six sonatas for the pianoforte or harpsichord : [vc]    Fraser E04/22

Sonata 1 {from Six Sonatas, etc} : for piano or harpsichord    Drum Dr 31/2

Symphonie concertante : [vn]    Drum Dr 02-A/17

Symphonie concertante in E flat major : [keybd]    Fraser C03/1

Symphonie concertante in E flat major : [vn]    Fraser C13/16

Three duets for two flutes from the works of Pleyel, Bk 2 / arr. François Devienne    Fyvie FLC-03 A-B/5

Three grand sonatas [ie trios] for the pianoforte or harpsichord, 1st set : [kbd]    Newhailes NH 53/4

Three grand sonatas [ie trios] for the pianoforte or harpsichord, [1st set] : [vc]    Fraser B27/9

Three grand sonatas [ie trios] for the pianoforte or harpsichord, [1st set] : [vn1]    Drum Dr 02-A/16

Three grand sonatas [ie trios] for the pianoforte or harpsichord, 2nd set : [kbd]    Newhailes NH 53/5

Three grand sonatas [ie trios] for the pianoforte or harpsichord, 2nd set : [kbd]    Fraser C04/2

Three original sonatas : [kbd]    Newhailes NH 53/9

Three quartets for the pianoforte or harpsichord / arr. Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith    Fraser C09/7

Three quartets for the pianoforte or harpsichord : [vn]    Fraser C13/7

Three sonatas for the pianoforte Op. 24 Bk 1 [kbd] : [kbd]    Fraser C15/4

Three sonatas for the pianoforte Op. 24 Bk 1 [vn] : [vn]    Fraser C13/9

Time, a favourite sonnet / arr. Thomas Billington    Brodie Br 17/7

Trio for the pianoforte, flute or violin, and violoncello Op. 29 : [kbd]    Newhailes NH 53/6

Twelve grand sonatas for the pianoforte Op. 14, Bk 2 (Nos. 4-6) : with violin & 'cello    Newhailes NH 57/1

Twelve sonatas Op. 14 : [vn: XI-XII + bc: IV-IX]    Fraser B27/4

Twelve sonatinas for the harpsichord or pianoforte (2nd set)    Fraser C16/3

Two grand sonatas for the harpsichord or pianoforte Op. 7    Fraser C03/3

Pole, J F (19th c.)

The Royal Eastern Regatta quadrilles : for piano    Drum Dr 16/5

Pollini, Francesco Giuseppe (1762-1846) Italian

Parla mi dice amore : arietta    Fraser G05/30

Portugal, Marcos António da Fonseca (1762-1830) Portuguese

Oh quanto alletta, e piace! : duet    Fraser G05/35

Sconsigliata, che fo! [and] Qual pallor? Qual tema? {from Portogallo's La Morte de Semiramide} : recit. & air / arr. Jean Elouis    Fraser C18/9

Potter, Cipriani (1792-1871) English

[?] (from Chefs d'oeuvre de Mozart)    Fyvie FLC-26/4

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

Languir per mia bella : cavatina    Fraser G05/22

Perdon ti chiedo, o Padre (by Rossini) : rondo for piano    Fraser G05/24

Placida l'onda mormora : cavatina    Fraser G05/21

Power, James (c1766-1834) Irish

J. Power's pocket edition of quadrilles, 3rd set    Fraser L14/2

Pring, Jacob Cubitt (1770-1799) English

The dying Christian to his soul : ode for 3 vv.    Fyvie FLC-10/10

Proch, Heinrich (1809-1878) Austrian

Happy valley : song    Drum Dr 36/16

Prudent, Émile (1817-1863) French

Grande fantaisie sur le quatuor de Don Pasquale de Donizetti : piano solo    Newhailes NH 77/29

Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924) Italian

Madam Butterfly - selection) (arr. Charles Godfrey) [organ roll]    Fyvie OR2/29

Pucitta, Vincenzo (1778-1861) Italian

Della tromba il suon guerriero : for harp & piano    Newhailes NH 69/12

Stanco di pascolar le pecorelle : pastorale    Drum Dr 05/2

Puget, Louise Françoise ('Loïsa'), Mme Gustave Lemoine (1810-1889) French

Benedetta : fantasie pour le piano    Newhailes NH 77/7

La jolie fille du Faubourg : chansonnette    Fraser L04/4

La retraite : romance    Fraser L05/21

Son nom (Le Troubadour du Jour) : romance    Fraser L05/20

Pugnani, Gaetano (1731-1798) Italian

The periodical overtures in 8 parts, nos. 19-24 (Op.4)    Fraser M1/15

Six easy sonatas for two violins and a bass Op. 1     Fraser B27/8

A sonata for the harpsichord    Newhailes NH 48/13

Pugni, Cesare (1802-1870) Italian

The opera polka : keyboard?    Drum Dr 41/33

Puppo, Giuseppe (1749-1827) Italian

A medley of favourite Scots and Irish airs : [keyboard]    Drum Dr 08/31

Purcell, Daniel (c1664-1717) English

You laugh to see me fond appear : song    Drum Dr 09/11

Purcell, Henry (c1659-1695) English

Come unto these yellow sands {from Purcell's The Tempest} : song with ATB chorus / arr. Sydney Nelson    Drum Dr 42/1

Halcion days now wars are ending {from The Tempest} : song    Newhailes NH 76/6

No stars again shall hurt you from above {from The Tempest} : duet    Newhailes NH 76/1

Orpheus Britannicus : songs for 1,2 or 3 voices    Newhailes NH 31/1

The songs in the Indian Queen    Drum Dr 09/9

Purdie, T M (19th c.)

To memory : canzonet    Fraser L05/10

Puzzi, Giovanni (1792-1876) Italian

Ah, la spem è come un fiore : duet    Drum Dr 06/26

Tutto ho perduto al fin [and] Ah! che forse in tai momenti {from Adelaide e Commingio} : recit & aria    Drum Dr 26/8

186 titles by 61 named composers/arrangers with surname beginning 'P', from All Collections