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 29/12  RBW 1547

Werter to Charlotte | from the Sorrows of Werter | for the | Harpsichord or Piano Forte. ['The conflicts o'er, my Love, adieu.']
[c1785]    London. Printed for the Author and Sold by T. Skillern, No. 17 St Martin's Lane  ::  Price 6d.

fol.  pp.[1-2]  

Keyboard with Flute transposed up a tone

Music (and words?) by James Hook, inspired by Goethe's epistolary novel published in English translation as 'The Sorrows of Werter' from 1779 onwards

Short Title  > The conflict's o'er (Werter to Charlotte): for harpsichord or piano {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