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 29/11  RBW 1546

Why dost thou awake me O Gale | A Song of Ossian from the Sorrows of Werter | Vide vol. 2 page 135
[c1785]    London. T. Skillern No. 17 St. Martins Lane  ::  Price 6s.

fol.  pp.6-8  Plate no. 5  

Condensed full score for 2 Violins and Viola with figured bass

Music (and words?) by James Hook, taking inspiration from Goethe's epistolary novel.  'Vide vol. 2 page 135' on t.p. is most likely a reference to one of the English language editions of 'The Sorrows of Werter' published from 1779 onwards

Short Title  > Why dost thou awake me?: song of Ossian {from The Sorrows of Werter}
Cmp/Arr  > James Hook (1746-1827)
Auth/Ed  > Hook, James (1746-1827)   |   Goethe, J. W. van (1749-1832)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > T. Skillern