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 03/2  RBW 77

The Songs &c | in The | Deserter | A Musical Drama. | as Perform'd with universal applause, at the | Theatre Royal in Drury Lane | Composed by Messrs. | Monsigny, Philidor & C. Dibdin
[1773]    Printed for John Johnston, near Exeter Change Strand; & Longman, Lukey, & Co. No. 26 Cheapside

pp.1-42 - Vocal score  

An English adaptation by Charles Dibdin the Elder of M.J. Sedaine's French libretto for 'Le Déserteur' by Monsigny, with new music by Dibdin and two airs by F.A. Philidor.

Short Title  > The songs &c in The Deserter (a musical drama)
Cmp/Arr  > Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny (1729-1817)   |   François-André Danican Philidor (1726-1795)   |   Charles Dibdin (1745-1814)
Auth/Ed  > Dibdin, Charles Sr (1745-1814)   |   Sedaine, Michel-Jean (1719-1797)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > John Johnston   |   Longman, Lukey & Co.