Music at Brodie Castle

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



Song Writers, Librettists & Editors – Brodie Castle

Monday 6th October 2025

For song writers &c listed separately in the Notes to the Brodie Castle collection see the Song Writer Supplement
For Titlepage, Imprint, Contents etc. follow links to the relevant Master Index

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Anon.

Cease rude Boreas: song / Anon.   Br 28/12

A favourite medley for the Light Infantry / Unidentified Composers    Br 17/8

Ma chère amie: song / James Hook   Br 17/3

My lodging is on the cold ground: Scotch song / Trad.   Br 17/12

Queen Mary's lamentation: I sigh and lament me in vain: voc. score / Tommaso Giordani   Br 17/6

Six Italian canzonets Op. 2 / Francesco Cipolla   Br 15

Sweet Poll of Plymouth: song / Michael Arne   Br 17/2

Young Henry: song / F Remy   Br 17/19

Arne, Thomas Augustine (1710-1778)English

[MS] 'In Infancy our hopes and fears' : song / Thomas Arne   Br 01/6

Arnold, Samuel James (1774-1852)English

Alcides : an English opera in score / George Frideric Handel   Br 09/2

Anthem[s] in score: composed at Cannons 1718-20 [nos.1-6] / George Frideric Handel   Br 06

Anthem[s] in score: composed at Cannons 1718-20 [nos.7-12] / George Frideric Handel   Br 07

The celebrated Water Music in score / George Frideric Handel   Br 01/3

The choice of Hercules / George Frideric Handel   Br 09/1

Hercules: oratorio in score / George Frideric Handel   Br 08

The music in the Alchymist: [score only] / George Frideric Handel   Br 01/5

The musick for the Royal Fireworks: score only / George Frideric Handel   Br 01/4

The occasional oratorio: in score / George Frideric Handel   Br 10

An ode or serenata for the birthday of Queen Anne / George Frideric Handel   Br 09/3

Samson, a sacred oratorio: in score / George Frideric Handel   Br 11

Seven trio sonatas Op. 5 / George Frideric Handel   Br 01/2

Six trio sonatas Op. 2: [score] / George Frideric Handel   Br 01/1

B

Bickerstaffe, Isaac (1733-1812?)Irish

The airs in the comic opera of Love in a Village: set for guitar / Thomas Arne   Br 04/4

The Maid of the Mill (comic opera): for voice, harpsichord or violin / Samuel Arnold   Br 02/1

The Maid of the Mill (comic opera): for guitar / Samuel Arnold   Br 04/6

The songs in the comic opera of The Padlock:: for guitar / Charles Dibdin   Br 05/1

Billington, Elizabeth (c1768-1818)Anglo-German

Ah, will no change of clime: song / Giovanni Paisiello   Br 17/11

Bland, John (1750-1840)English

The Ladies Collection of Catches, Glees, Canons, &c no. 48 / Various Composers   Br 28/2

Broughton, Thomas (1704-1774)English

Hercules: oratorio in score / George Frideric Handel   Br 08

Burns, Robert (1759-1796)Scottish

The Scots musical museum vol. 3: Scottish songs / Various Composers   Br 25

D

Dibdin, Charles Sr (1745-1814)English

The bowmen of Kent / Charles Dibdin   Br 17/14

The Institution of the Garter, or Arthur's Round Table Restored (overture, songs, duets etc.): for flute, violin or oboe / Charles Dibdin   Br 05/5

The overture, songs &c in The Deserter: for voice & guitar / Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny   Br 05/2

Poor Orra, tink of Yanko dear: song / Charles Dibdin   Br 17/10

The songs in the comic opera of The Padlock:: for guitar / Charles Dibdin   Br 05/1

The songs &c in The Deserter (a musical drama) / Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny   Br 03/2

F

Fisher, John Abraham (1744-1806)English

The Sylphs or Harlequin's Gambols: for voice & guitar (1/2) / John Abraham Fisher   Br 05/3

G

Garrick, David (1717-1779)English

Come cheer up my lads: song / William Boyce   Br 28/12

H

Hamilton, Newburgh (1691-1761)Irish

The occasional oratorio: in score / George Frideric Handel   Br 10

Samson, a sacred oratorio: in score / George Frideric Handel   Br 11

Hartley, James [James Oswald?] (1710-1769)Scottish

The parting kiss: song / James Oswald   Br 17/16

Holcroft, Thomas (1745-1809)English

Oh my bonny bonny Adam Bell: rondo / William Shield   Br 17/9

Hook, James (1746-1827)English

Little bird with bosom red: glee / James Hook   Br 28/8

J

Johnson, James (1753?-1811)Scottish

The Scots musical museum vol. 3: Scottish songs / Various Composers   Br 25

L

Linley, Thomas Sr (1733-1795)English

Yankee Doodle: song / Thomas Linley Sr   Br 17/15

Lonsdale, Mark (d.1815)English

The solemn chaunt in the Champ de Mars / Raynor Taylor   Br 17/17

M

Macnally, Leonard (1752-1820)Irish

What wakes this new pain in my breast: love song / Unidentified Composers    Br 17/1

Metastasio, Pietro (1698-1782)Italian

Hymn of Eve: voc. score / Thomas Arne   Br 28/10

Milton, John (1608-1674) English

The occasional oratorio: in score / George Frideric Handel   Br 10

Samson, a sacred oratorio: in score / George Frideric Handel   Br 11

Morell, Thomas (1703-1784)English

Alcides : an English opera in score / George Frideric Handel   Br 09/2

The choice of Hercules / George Frideric Handel   Br 09/1

O

O'Hara, Kane (1711/12-1782)Irish

The Golden Pippin (English burletta): for voice & guitar / Kane O'Hara   Br 05/4

Midas (a comic opera): vocal score / Kane O'Hara   Br 02/2

O'Keeffe, John (1747-1833)Irish

The plough boy : song / William Shield   Br 17/4

P

Palomba, Giuseppe (fl.1765–1825)Italian

Piche cornacchie e nottole: voc. duet / Giovanni Paisiello   Br 17/18

Parker, Martin (c1600-c1656)English

The King shall enjoy his own again, And Bony's finale 2nd ed.: for piano / Nathaniel Gow   Br 13/8

Philips, Ambrose (1674-1749)English

An ode or serenata for the birthday of Queen Anne / George Frideric Handel   Br 09/3

R

Ramsay, Allan (1686-1758)Scottish

The overture, songs and duets in the pastoral opera of The Gentle Shepherd: for keyboard / Thomas Linley Jr   Br 14

The songs in The Gentle Shepherd: for guitar / Thomas Linley Sr   Br 04/3

Rannie, John (fl. 1789-1806)Scottish

Hither love thy beautys bring: song / Jean-Baptiste Krumpholtz   Br 28/9

Robinson, Mrs Mary (1757-1800)English

Time, a favourite sonnet / Thomas Billington   Br 17/7

S

Sedaine, Michel-Jean (1719-1797)French

The overture, songs &c in The Deserter: for voice & guitar / Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny   Br 05/2

The songs &c in The Deserter (a musical drama) / Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny   Br 03/2

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816)Irish

The Duenna, or Double Elopement: comic opera / Thomas Linley Sr   Br 03/1

St John, John (c1746-1793)English

Welcome all who sigh with truth: air & chor. / Thomas Shaw   Br 17/21

Stevens, George Alexander (1710-1784)English

Cease rude Boreas: song / Anon.   Br 28/12

T

T(h)oms, Mr (18th-19th c.)English

To me a smiling Infant came: ballad / M Sharp (of Norwich)   Br 28/5

Tickell, Richard (1751-1793)English

In my pleasant native plains: roundelay / Thomas Linley Sr   Br 17/13

The overture, songs and duets in the pastoral opera of The Gentle Shepherd: for keyboard / Thomas Linley Jr   Br 14

V

Vaughan, Thomas (18th c.)English

The village spire: ballad / Tommaso Giordani   Br 17/5

W

Watts, Isaac (1674-1748)English

Before Jehovah's awful throne: adapted for the harpsichord / William Gawler   Br 28/10

Willet, Thomas (18th c.)English

The recitatives etc in Buxom Joan: voc. score / Raynor Taylor   Br 03/3

73 works by 39 song writers/librettists at Brodie Castle