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 64/1  RBW 1916

Variations Brillantes. | Sur la Cavatine favorite | 'O Dolce Contento' [de Mozart], | Suivies | d'un Rondo sur | Un Air Français, | Arrangés pour le | Piano Forte, et dediés à | Miss Catherine Ure. | par | Henri Herz
[1833]    Cramer, Addison & Beale, 201 Regent Street  ::  Sold by R. Purdie 83 Princes Strt Edinr.  ::  Price 4s.

fol.  pp.2-15  Plate no. 1239  

Based on 'Das Klinget so herrlich' from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte

Short Title  > Variations on Mozart's 'O dolce contento': for piano
Cmp/Arr  > Henri Herz (1803-1888) (arr.)   |   W A Mozart (1756-1791)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Cramer, Addison & Beale (& Co.)   |   Robert Purdie
Dedicatee  > Miss Catherine Ure