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 40/22  RBW 1617

Evening Song to the Virgin, | (At Sea,) | A Duett, [Ave Sanctissima] | The Words from | The Forest Sanctuary, | by | Mrs. Hemans | The Music by | Her Sister
[1828]    I. Willis & Co Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly   ::  Sold by Paterson Roy & Co. 27 George Street Edinr.  ::  Price 2/-

fol  pp.1-3  Plate no. RMR 554  (Some pencil corrections, a mezza di voce, and added ornaments)  

For two voices & piano

Also: Catalogue Royal Musical Repository

Short Title  > Ave Sanctissima (Evening song to the Virgin): duet {from The Forest Sanctuary}
Cmp/Arr  > Harriet Browne (1798-1858)
Auth/Ed  > Hemans, Mrs Felicia Dorothea (1793-1835)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > I. Willis & Co.   |   Paterson, Roy & Co.