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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Leith Hall LHM 08/15  RBW 42

The Beautiful Maid | a favorite Ballad as Sung by | Mr. Braham | at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden | in the Comic Opera of the | Cabinet | The Words by T. Dibdin the Music by | J. Braham
   London Printed for Joseph Dale, at his Warehouses, No. 19 Cornhill; & the corner of Holles Street, Oxford Street  ::  Price 1/6

pp.47-50  Plate no. 3154  

Possibly a setting of 'Twas down in the meadow when flow'rets were springing - pub. London c.1780: BUC

Short Title  > The beautiful maid: ballad
Cmp/Arr  > John Braham (1774-1856)
Auth/Ed  > Dibdin, Thomas (1771-1841)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > J(oseph) Dale
Performer  > Mr Braham