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 37/1-2  RBW 1560

A | Select Collection of | Original Scottish Airs | for the Voice, | With Introductory & Concluding Symphonies | & Accompaniments for the | Piano Forte, Violin & Violoncello | By | Haydn | With | Select & Characteristic Verses both Scottish and English | adapted to the Airs including upwards of | One Hundred New Songs by | Burns | Vol. III [and IV] [ed. George Thomson]
[1802, 1805?]    T. Preston, 97 Strand  ::  Sold also by G. Thomson, the Editor & Proprietor, Edinburgh.

fol.  2 vol. (in 1) pp.1-50,151-200  (Pencilled crosses for Vol. 3 p.14 'Thou ling'ring Star', p.21 'Lassie wi' the lintwhite looks', p.23 'O Tibbie I have seen', p.29 'Argyle is my name' -- Vol. 4 p.168 'I wish I were where Helen lies', p.187 'Tis nae very lang sinsyne', p.188 'A Highland lad my love was born')  Sig. Henrietta Fergusson on t.p.

Voice and Keyboard only

Also: (Vol. 3) added portmanteau cover: 'Fifty Scottish Songs, with Symphonies & Accompaniment, wholly by Haydn. Vol. III | Edinburgh: Printed for G. Thomson, York-Place by J. Moir 1802'

Vol. 3 Preface pp[1]-4 dated Dec. 1801

Short Title  > A select collection of original Scottish airs, vol. 3-4
Cmp/Arr  > Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) (arr.)
Auth/Ed  > Burns, Robert (1759-1796)   |   Thomson, George (1757-1851) (ed.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Thomas Preston   |   George Thomson   |   John Moir
Former Owner  > Henrietta D Fergusson