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 02/2  RBW 75

Midas | A Comic Opera | As it is Perform'd at the Theatre Royal | In Convent-Garden. | For the Harpsicord, Voice, German Flute, Violin, or Guitar
[1764]    Printed for I. Walsh in Catharine Street in the Strand

pp.2-67  (Inked cues, extra repeats and other marks throughout – apparently in two different hands – suggesting use for performance. The cues appear to be of some now missing dialogue)  

Vocal score

Also: Foot of Contents page: 'New Music Just Publish'd by I Walsh Bach's 6 Opera Overtures' - 4 columns, at foot of each:
1. Handel's 65 Overtures in 8 Parts & in 4 Parts, 2. Dr. Boyce's 12 Sonatas, 3. Jomellis Sonatas, 4. Gui. St. Martini's Solos. 3 Sets.'

Words and music by Kane O'Hara

Short Title  > Midas (a comic opera): vocal score
Cmp/Arr  > Kane O'Hara (1711/12-1782)
Auth/Ed  > O'Hara, Kane (1711/12-1782)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > John Walsh