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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Fraser B02/2  RBW 2229

Six | favorite | Canzonets | with an accompanyment for a | Piano-forte | or | Harp | and an Elegy on the Death of | Mr. Shenstone | by the | Author of | Auld Robin Gray
   W. Forster .. St. Martin's Lane

pp.1-9  

Elegy on the death of Mr. Shenstone  [w. J Cunningham / c. W Leeves ?]
(1)  Ite, ite caldi sospiri  [c. R Jones ?]
(2)  Tu sei gelosa, รจ vero  [w. Metastasio / c. W Trnka ?]
(3)  Away let nought to love  [c. R Cooke ?]
(4)  Yes these are the scenes  [w. W Shenstone / c. R Langdon ?]
(5)  Phillis for shame  [w. C Sackville ?]
(6)  Ye Pow'rs who taught [Anon.]

Short Title  > Six favourite canzonets and an elegy on the death of Mr. Shenstone
Cmp/Arr  > William Leeves (1748-1828)   |   Robert Jones (c. 1577-1617)   |   Wenzel Trnka (1739-1791)   |   Robert Cooke (1768-1814)   |   Richard Langdon (1730-1803)   |   Anon.
Auth/Ed  > Cunningham, John (1729-1773)   |   Shenstone, William (1714-1763)   |   Metastasio, Pietro (1698-1782)   |   Sackville, Charles, 6th Earl of Dorset (1643-1706)   |   Anon.
Pr/Pub/Bks  > W. Forster