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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Brodie Br 28/5  RBW 221

To me a smiling Infant came, | a favorite Ballad | the Music by | Mr. M. Sharp of Norwich, | the Poetry by | Mr. Toms
[c1800]    Printed for F. Linley (Successor to J. Bland) No. 45 High Holborn  ::  Price, 1 Shillg.

pp.2-4  

Two different verses written in ink

pp.2-3 Larghetto con Expressione in F, 3/8
p.4 Part for flute (in G)

Attributed to J, Ambrose in BUC (Ambrose version pub E. Riley, London 1800).but ascribed in Davidson's Universal Melodist [Vol. 1] (London: G. H. Davidson, 1853) to 'M. Sharp, the Poetry by Toms'

Short Title  > To me a smiling Infant came: ballad
Cmp/Arr  > M Sharp (of Norwich) (18th-19th c.)   |   John Ambrose (b.1763)
Auth/Ed  > T(h)oms, Mr (18th-19th c.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > F. Linley