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 L04/27  RBW 2943

I'd be a fairy | Ballad | sung by | Mrs. M. Merriden | in the Popular Musical Entertainment | An Hour in Fairy Land | Written by | J. E. Carpenter | The Music by | James Perring | (Composer of the Maids of Merry England)
[1840?]    T. E. Purday 50 St Paul's Church Yard

pp.1-5  Sig. G H(?) Fraser May 25th

Short Title  > I'd be a fairy: ballad {from An Hour in Fairy Land}
Cmp/Arr  > James Perring (1822-1889)
Auth/Ed  > Carpenter, Joseph Edwards (1813-1885)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > T. E. Purday
Performer  > Mrs M. Merriden
Former Owner  > Grace Fraser