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 37/14  RBW 1075

Ask if yon Damask Rose be sweet | Air | in the Oratorio of Susanna, Composed by | G. F. Handel, | Arranged by J. B. Sale | Organist to Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria
   C. Lonsdale, 26 Old Bond Street

pp.1-5  Plate no. 422  

Voice and piano

Librettist thought to be Moses Mendes

Short Title  > Ask if yon damask rose be sweet: air {from Handel's Susanna}
Cmp/Arr  > J B Sale (1779-1856) (arr.)   |   George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Auth/Ed  > Mendes, Moses (d.1758)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > C. Lonsdale