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 – Volume 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 01
SONATAS | WATER MUSIC &C.

25.4 x 35 cm
Bro Br 01/1  RBW 1

Six Sonatas | For | Two Violins, Two Hautboys | OR | Two German Flutes, & a Violoncello | First Published at Amsterdam 1731 | Composed by | G.F. Handel
   [London, Printed for the Editor and sold by Longman and Co.]

pp.3-44;45-60 - Score only  

1.  In b minor: Andante; Allegro ma non troppo; Largo; Allegro
2.  In g minor: Andante; Allegro; Largo; Allegro
3.  In B flat: Andante; Allegro; Larghetto; Allegro
4.  In F major: Larghetto; Allegro; Adagio; Allegro; Allegro
5.  In g minor: Larghetto; Allegro; Adagio; Allegro
6.  In g minor: Andante; Allegro; Arioso; Allegro

Issued as nos. 47-48 of Arnold's collected edition, 1787-1797

Short Title  > Six trio sonatas Op. 2: [score]
Cmp/Arr  > George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Auth/Ed  > Arnold, Samuel James (1774-1852) (ed.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > for Samuel Arnold   |   Longman & Co.

Bro Br 01/2  RBW 2

Seven Sonatas | or | Trios | For Two Violins or Two German Flutes | And a | Violoncello | Composed & Published in the Year 1739 | By | G.F. Handel
   [London, Printed for the Editor and sold by Longman and Co.]

pp.3-32;33-59 - Score only  

1.  In A Major: Andante; Allegro; Larghetto; Allegro: Gavotte
2.  In D Major: Adagio; Allegro; Musette/Andante; Allegro; Musette/Andante; March; Gavotte
3.  In e minor: Andante Larghetto; Allegro; Sarabande/Largo assae(sic); Allemande/Andante Allegro; Rondo; Gavott/Allegro
4.  In G Major: Allegro; A tempo Ordinario; Allegro non Presto; Passacaille; Gigue Presto; Menuet/Allegro Moderato
5.  In g minor: Largo; Come alia breve; Larghetto; A tempo Guisto; Aire/Andante Allegro; Bourre
6.  In F Major: Largo; Allegro; Adagio; Allegro; Menuetto/Allegro Moderato
7.  In B flat: Larghetto; Allegro ma non presto; Adagio; Allegro; Gavott/Allegro; Minuet/Andante Allegro

Issued as nos. 48-49 of Arnold's collected edition, 1787-1797

Short Title  > Seven trio sonatas Op. 5
Cmp/Arr  > George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Auth/Ed  > Arnold, Samuel James (1774-1852) (ed.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > for Samuel Arnold   |   Longman & Co.

Bro Br 01/3  RBW 3

The Celebrated | Water Musick | In Score | Composed in the Year 1716 | By | G.F. Handel
   [London, Printed for the Editor and sold by Longman and Co.]

pp.3-40;41-56 - Score only  

a.  Overture (in F); [undesignated slow; quick] pp.3-9
b.  Adagio e Staccato (in d minor) pp.10-11
c.  [Minuet] (in F major) pp.12-18
d.  Andante (in d minor) pp.19-20
e.  3 Fois [Minuet] (In F major) pp.21-23
f.   Air. 3 Fois (In F major) pp.24/5
g.  3 Fois [Minuet] (In F major) pp.25-28
h.  Boure, 3 Times. (In F major) p.29
i.   Hornpipe. (In F major) p.29
j.   [Undesignated. Allegro?] (In d minor) pp.30-34
k.  [Undesignated. Allegro?] (In D major) pp.35-39
l.   [Hornpipe] (In D major) pp.39-44
m. [Minuet] (In G major) p.45
n.  Aria (In G major) pp.46/7
o.  Lentement (In D major) pp.47-9
p.  [Alla Breve] (In D major) pp.49-50
q.  Menuet (In g minor) p.50
r.   [Minuet] (In g minor) p.51
s.  [Undesignated. Moderato?] (In g minor) p.51
t.   [Undesignated. Moderato?] (In G major) p.52
u.  Coro (In D major) pp.52-3

Issued as nos. 23-24 of Arnold's collected edition, 1787-1797. List of subscribers pp.55-6

Short Title  > The celebrated Water Music in score
Cmp/Arr  > George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Auth/Ed  > Arnold, Samuel James (1774-1852) (ed.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > for Samuel Arnold   |   Longman & Co.

Bro Br 01/4  RBW 4

The Musick | for the | Royal Fireworks | Performed in the Year 1749 | Composed by | G.F. Handel
[1788]    [London, Printed for the Editor and sold by Longman and Co.]

pp.1-20 - Score only  

a.  Overture (In D major) pp.1-4
b.  Allegro (In D major) pp.5-14
c.  Lentement (In D major) p.15
d.  Bouree (In d minor) p.15
e.  Largo alia Siciliana (in D major) p.16
f.   Allegro (In D major) pp.17-19

Issued as no. 24 of Arnold's collected edition, 1787-1797

Short Title  > The musick for the Royal Fireworks: score only
Cmp/Arr  > George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Auth/Ed  > Arnold, Samuel James (1774-1852) (ed.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > for Samuel Arnold   |   Longman & Co.

Bro Br 01/5  RBW 5

The Music | in the | Alchymist, | Composed by | G.F. Handel
[c1790?]    [London, Printed for the Editor and sold by Longman and Co.]

pp.1-8 (p.3 loose) - Score only  

a.  Overture (In B flat) Largo; Allegro pp.1-2
b.  [Alla breve] (In B flat) p.3
c.  Minuet (In B flat) p.4
d.  Sarabande (In B flat) pp.4/5
e.  Boree (In B flat) pp.5/6
f.   Aire (In B flat) p.6
g.  Minuet (In B flat) p.7
h.  Aire (In B flat) pp.7/8
i.   Jigg (In B flat) p.8

Issued as no. 64 of Arnold's collected edition, 1787-1797

Short Title  > The music in the Alchymist: [score only]
Cmp/Arr  > George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Auth/Ed  > Arnold, Samuel James (1774-1852) (ed.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > for Samuel Arnold   |   Longman & Co.

Bro Br 01/6  RBW 6

[MS song beginning:] 'In Infancy our hopes and fears to each other known' [from Arnes Artaxerxes]
   No attributed printer or publisher

Single vocal line with bass acct. in A major  

Short Title  > [MS] 'In Infancy our hopes and fears' : song
Cmp/Arr  > Thomas Arne (1710-1778)
Auth/Ed  > Arne, Thomas Augustine (1710-1778)