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 04 [BRODIE HOUSE] BEGGARS OPERA FOR GUITAR | BEGGARS OPERA FOR GERM. FLUTE | GENTLE SHEPHERD FOR GUITAR LOVE IN A VILLAGE FOR GUITAR | ARTAXERXES FOR GERM. FLUTE | MAID OF THE MILL FOR GUITAR Oblong vol.24 x 16.7 cm. 'Brodie House' inked inside front cover. Flute and guitar arrangements of operas with some songs
The | Tunes | in the | Beggar's Opera | Adapted for the | Guitar | or | Common Flute [c1775] Printed & Sold by R. Bremner, at his Music Shop in the Strand
pp.2-18 - Vocal score 'No 9' on t.p.
'N.B. Where Chords are, the highest Note is for the Flute' (t.p.)
Ballad opera in 3 acts. Music by J. C. Pepusch, arrangement by Robert Bremner?
The | Beggar's Opera | adapted for the | German Flute, Violin, | or | Guitar Printed and Sold by Longman Lukey and Co. No. 26 Cheapside [Pub. Longman & Broderip c1790]
The | Songs in the Gentle Shepherd. | Adapted for the | Guitar.| by | Robert Bremner [1759/1781] [Printed for and] Sold by R. Bremner Opposite Somerset House in the Strand
pp.1-17 - Vocal score
Original version composed and arranged by Thomas Linley Sr. See Note Br 04/3 for contents and further information.
The Airs with all the Simphonies and | Compleat Overture | in the Comic Opera of | Love in a Village | correctly transposed for the | Guitar [1770] Printed and Sold by Longman, Lukey & Co. No. 26 Cheapside :: Pr. 1/6
pp.1-30
Composed and arranged by Thomas Arne from a libretto by Isaac Bickerstaffe, with borrowings from numerous other composers
The Airs | in the Opera of | Artaxerxes | Set for the | German-Flute, Violin & Guittar [1762] Printed for Henry Thorowood at the Violin and Guitar under the North Piazza of the Royal Exchange :: Sold at Longman & Cos. Music Shop No. 26 Cheapside
pp.1-32
Vocal score
An 'opera seria' in 3 acts composed by Thomas Arne (after Metastasio)
The | Maid of the Mill | a | Comic Opera | Adapted for the | Guittar [c1765] Printed for R. Bremner, opposite Somerset House in the Strand :: 1/6 inked on t.p.
pp.1-[30] - Vocal score
See also the Keyboard/Violin arrangement at Brodie Br 02/1
A pasticcio in 3 acts, with an Overture by the Earl of Kelly. Libretto (not present in this arrangement) by Isaac Bickerstaffe, with music by Samuel Arnold and other composers (see Note Br 02/1). Arrangement by the publisher?
