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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Newhailes NH 14/1  RBW 1508

The | Travellers in Switzerland; | a Comic Opera as Performed at the | Theatre Royal Covent Garden | Selected & Composed | By William Shield. | Musician in Ordinary to His Majesty, | The Words by Mr. Bate Dudley
[1794]    London Printed by Longman & Broderip, No. 16, Cheapside & No. 13 Haymarket  ::  Price 10s/6

obl. fol.  pp.1-98  Sig. Miss Catherine Fergusson in ink at top of t.p.

Vocal score (3 acts)

Vocal score except for one chorus in Act III – 'Yield, yield cruel monsters' for 5 soloists and chorus scored for flutes, oboes, violins, via, bass and a trumpet fanfare introduction

Short Title  > The Travellers in Switzerland: comic opera
Cmp/Arr  > William Shield (1748-1829)
Auth/Ed  > Dudley, Sir Henry Bate (1745-1824)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Longman & Broderip
Former Owner  > Catherine Fergusson