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 32/25  RBW 929

Say my heart why wildly Beating? | A favorite Song, | Introduced by | Miss Stephens & Miss Paton, | With distinguished Approbation | In the Popular Melo Drame called | Der Freischütz, | Or | The Seventh Bullet | now Performing with unbounded Applause at the | Theatre Royal English Opera House. | The Poetry by S.J. Arnold Esqr. | The Music Composed by | Carl Maria von Weber
[1813-21]    Royal Harmonic Institution (Argyll Rooms) 246 Regent St.  ::  Sold by R. Purdie 70 Princes Strt. Edinr.

pp.1-4 [73-77]  Plate no. 1613  

Voice and piano

Short Title  > Say my heart why wildly beating?: song {from Der Freischütz}
Cmp/Arr  > Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Auth/Ed  > Arnold, Samuel James (1774-1852)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Royal Harmonic Institution   |   Robert Purdie
Performer  > Miss Stephens   |   Miss Paton