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 39/7  RBW 1130

Com' è bello quale incanto | Romanza | In the Opera of | Lucrezia Borgia, | Composed by | Signor Donizetti
   C. Lonsdale (late Birchall & Co.) 26, Old Bond Street

pp.1-5  Plate no. 270  (Added ornaments in pencil pp.4-5)  Sig. B. Irvine

Voice and pianoforte

From the libretto by Felice Romani

Short Title  > Com' è bello quale incanto: romanza {from Lucrezia Borgia}
Cmp/Arr  > Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Auth/Ed  > Romani, Felice (1788-1865)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > C. Lonsdale
Former Owner  > Beatrice Irvine