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 05/2  RBW 86

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

pp.2-43 - Vocal score  

For authorship etc. see Brodie 03/2

Short Title  > The overture, songs &c in The Deserter: for voice & guitar
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