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 52/8  RBW 1747

When thou art absent, charming Maid, | A Favorite Song, Written for, & Sung by Mr. Incledon in | Love in a Village | at the new Theatre Royal Covent Garden | composed by W. Shield
[c1795]    Longman and Broderip, No. 26 Cheapside and No. 13 Haymarket  ::  Price 1s.

fol.  pp.1-4  

There is also a version for lower voices, transposed from e to c

From the libretto by Isaac Bickerstaffe

Short Title  > When thou art absent, charming maid: song {from Love in a Village}
Cmp/Arr  > William Shield (1748-1829)
Auth/Ed  > Bickerstaffe, Isaac (1733-1812?)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Longman & Broderip
Performer  > Mr Incledon