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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Drum Dr 26/15  RBW 772

New Edition | of the | Vocal Melodies of Scotland | United to the Songs of | Robert Burns, Allan Ramsay, Sir Walter Scott, | R. Gilfillan | and other Distinguished Poets. | Arranged with | Symphonies and Accompaniments, | For the | Piano Forte. | By | Finlay Dun and John Thomson | No. 24 ['My Heart is sair for Somebody']
[1827]    Paterson & Roy, 27 George Street, Edinburgh And Cramer, Addison & Beale, Regent Street, London

3 pp.  

Poetry by Burns, melody by H. Bishop?

Short Title  > My heart is sair for somebody: for piano (New Edition of the Vocal Melodies of Scotland no. 24)
Cmp/Arr  > Finlay Dun (1795-1853) (arr.)   |   John Thomson (1805-1841) (arr.)   |   Henry Bishop (1786-1855)
Auth/Ed  > Burns, Robert (1759-1796)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Paterson & Roy   |   Cramer, Addison & Beale (& Co.)