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 31  RBW 1553

Orpheus Britannicus. | A | Collection | of all | The Choicest Songs, | for | One, Two, and Three Voices, | Compos'd | By Mr Henry Purcell. | Together With such Symphonies for Violins or Flutes .. as were by Him design'd for any of them: and | A Thorough-Bass to each Song. | Figur'd for the Organ, Harpsicord, or Theorbo-Lute. | The Third Edition with large additions .. || The Second Book, which renders the First Compleat ..
[1721]    London: Printed by William Pearson, for S.H. and Sold by J. Young Musical Instrument-Maker, at the Dolphin and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCXXI

fol.  2 vol. (in 1) pp.[i]-vi,1-286,1-204  (Torn off marker between pp.22/3 in Bk 1)  

With preface (Bk 2) to the right Honourable Charles, Lord Halifax, Auditor of His Majesties Exchequer

Short Title  > Orpheus Britannicus: songs for 1,2 or 3 voices
Cmp/Arr  > Henry Purcell (c1659-1695)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > William Pearson   |   John Young