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 29/16  RBW 1551

The | Lord of the Manor | a | Comic Opera | composed by | William Jackson | of Exeter | Opera XII
[1781]    London Printed for John Preston No. 97, Strand  ::  Price £1.1s

fol.  pp.1- 97  

Full score comprising (2) horns in E flat; 2 traversiere in E Flat (but first note is a written D which should sound E Flat! - these change to oboes later); 2 Clarionets in B flat; Violini; Viola; Basso (figured).

Also: Catalogue of New Music printed by John Preston No.97 near Beaufort Buildings, Strand, London

A 3-act entertainment, libretto by General John Burgoyne

Short Title  > The Lord of the Manor Op. 12: comic opera
Cmp/Arr  > William Jackson (1730-1803)
Auth/Ed  > Burgoyne, John (1722-1792)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > J(ohn) Preston