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 16/1  RBW 1518

Love in a Village | A Comic Opera. | As it is Perform'd at the Theatre Royal in | Covent-Garden. | The Musick by | Handel, Boyce, Arne, | Howard, Baildon, Festing, | Geminiani, Galuppi, Giardini, | Paradies, Agus, Abos | For the Harpsicord, Voice, German Flute, or Violin | Book [I-III]
[1763]    I Walsh in Catharine Street in the Strand

obl. fol.  pp.7-54  (Added fingerings, etc)  'Mr. Weldon' at foot of p.7

Vocal score (3 bks)

Bk 1 pp.7-21 begins on p.7 'Sung by Miss Brent and Miss Hallam' Andante, 3/4 in C Major: Hope! Thou nurse of young desire (2/3 staves, top shared between kbd. and voice except for Symphony)
Bk 2 pp.22-37 begins with A Medley, Allegro 6/8 in A Major – Housemaid: 'I pray ye, gentles, list to me'
Bk 3 pp.39-54 (p.46 is blank) begins Allegro 6/4 in G Major – Hawthorn: 'Oons! Neighbour, ne'er blush for a trifle like this'

Composed and arranged by Thomas Arne from a libretto by Isaac Bickerstaffe, with borrowings from numerous other composers

Short Title  > Love in a village: comic opera
Cmp/Arr  > Thomas Arne (1710-1778)
Auth/Ed  > Bickerstaffe, Isaac (1733-1812?)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > John Walsh
Former Owner  > Mr Weldon