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 11/1  RBW 68

A | Collection | of | Reels, | Consisting chiefly of Strathspeys, Athole Reels & with a Bass for the | Violoncello or Harpsichord | by | Alexander McGlashan
[1781]    Edinburgh, Printed and Sold by N. Stewart & Cc.[sic] No. 37 South Bridge Street  ::  J. Johnson Sculpt. Edinr.    ::  Price 6/

obl. fol.  pp.1-46  'Miss Jean Dalrymple [erasure] Helen Fergusson 1825' inked on t.p.

Two staves throughout. Dunkeld House and Hamilton House (unattrib. p.10) written in scordatura

Pencilled crosses above Lady Georgina Gordon's Reel and The Duke of Gordon's Birth Day (both by 'Mr Marshall' p.2).
'C' in pencil above Taymouth House (unattrib. p.10) and Captain Oakham, a Favourite Irish Tune; The Braes of Mar; The Braes of Balquadder [sic]

Short Title  > A collection of reels &c: with a bass for cello or harpsichord
Cmp/Arr  > Alexander McGlashan (c1740-1797)
Auth/Ed  > Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-1894)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > N. Stewart & Co.   |   J. Johnson
Former Owner  > Jean Dalrymple   |   Helen Fergusson