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



Master Index – Single Item Selection

BUC : The British Union-Catalogue of Early Music
CPM : Catalogue of Printed Music in the British Library to 1980

Monday 6th October 2025

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Drum Dr 35/15  RBW 1022

Twas Merry In The Hall, | A Favorite | Old English Ballad, | As Sung With Unbounded Applause by | Mr. Wm. Murray, | At the Theatre Royal Edinburgh in the Popular Farce of a | Roland for an Oliver [by H. R. Bishop]. | Arranged with an Accompaniment for the | Piano Forte | by | James Dewar
[1810-21]    Alexander Robertson .. 47 Princes Street, Edinburgh

pp.1-2  

Voice and piano

'Now ancient English melody is banish'd out of doors'

Short Title  > Twas merry In the Hall: ballad with piano accomp. {from Bishop's A Roland for an Oliver}
Cmp/Arr  > James Dewar (19th c.) (arr.)   |   Henry Bishop (1786-1855)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Alexander Robertson
Performer  > Mr Wm. Murray