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 66/1  RBW 1960

Edinburgh | Quadrille, | upon Scotch Airs | by | Charles D'Albert | [Dedicated to | J. Lowe Esqr.]
[c1851]    Chappell 50 New Bond Street  ::  No. 1 Solo 3/- No. 2 Duet 4/-

fol.  pp.2-15  Plate no. 8513  (Pencil fingerings in Secondo part and correction to Secondo for final note of no.4)  Sig. Miss Fergusson in pencil on t.p.

Piano duet

The airs are: The Macgregor's March;  Kettle On;  Anne Laurie;  Maggie Lauder;  The Blue Bells of Scotland
Also: Chappell's Catalogue New and Popular Polkas, Waltzes, Quadrilles etc. by Charles D'Albert

= D'Albert's Celebrated Dance Music no. 30?
The dedicatee is probably Joseph (1796-1866), second youngest member of the Lowe Brothers, a highly successful family of Scottish dancing masters (see Regency Dances Paper 24)

Short Title  > Edinburgh quadrille upon Scotch airs: piano duet (D'Albert's Celebrated Dance Music no. 30)
Cmp/Arr  > Charles D'Albert (1809-1886)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Chappell (& Co.)
Dedicatee  > J. Lowe Esq.
Former Owner  > Miss Fergusson