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

Links are provided to the relevant      > Composer    > Shelf List     > Song Writer/Librettist     > Printer/Publisher   .. &c ..    in all collections

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Drum  Dr 06  S.7. 4 [2]
MUSIC

Bound in black. Neat excision between items 17 and 18
Dru Dr 06/1  RBW 404

Beautiful Venice, | Duetto | for | Two Voices, Written by | J. E. Carpenter, Esqr. | Composed by | Joseph Philip Knight
   Z.T. Purday, 45 High Holborn

pp.1-6  

Short Title  > Beautiful Venice: duetto
Cmp/Arr  > Joseph Philip Knight (1812-1887)
Auth/Ed  > Carpenter, Joseph Edwards (1813-1885)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Z. T. Purday

Dru Dr 06/2  RBW 405

The Wanderer, | A favorite | German Song | Arranged | With an accompaniment | for the Piano Forte | by | F. Schubert
   T. Holloway 5 Hanway Street, Oxford Street

pp.1-5  

German orig. by Georg Philipp Schmidt von Lübeck

Short Title  > The wanderer: song (Ger.)
Cmp/Arr  > Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Auth/Ed  > Schmidt, Georg Philipp (1766-1849)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > T. Holloway

Dru Dr 06/3  RBW 406

No. 3 | Mr. Henry Russell's | Vocal Music | Dramatic and Descriptive | Scenes & Cantatas, | Illustrative Songs | and | Characteristic Ballads | Composed & Sung | by | Henry Russell. [No. 3, The Maniac]
   Cramer, Addison & Beale 201 Regent Street, and 67 Conduit Street  ::  Sold by D. Wyllie & Son, Aberdeen

pp.1-11  Plate no. 2948  

Words in part by 'Monk' Lewis

Short Title  > The maniac: song
Cmp/Arr  > Henry Russell (1812/13-1900)
Auth/Ed  > Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)   |   Russell, Henry (1812/13-1900)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Cramer, Addison & Beale (& Co.)   |   D. Wyllie & Son
Performer(s)  > Mr Henry Russell

Dru Dr 06/4  RBW 407

Rossini's Lady of the Lake, | Dearest, Come in me confiding, | And | The Weary hours I've Pass'd, | As Sung at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden by | Mrs. Alfred Shaw, | the words by | Mark Lemon, | Adapted to the English Stage, by | J. H. Tully
[1843]    Jefferys and Nelson, Soho Square

pp.3-12  

Short Title  > Dearest, come in me confiding; and The weary hours I've passed: [cavatina &c]
Cmp/Arr  > Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)   |   J H Tully (1814-1868) (arr.)
Auth/Ed  > Lemon, Mark (1809-1870)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Jefferys and Nelson
Performer(s)  > Mrs Alfred Shaw

Dru Dr 06/5  RBW 408

Can I E'er Forget the Valley | No. 1 | Songs of the Village, Written and Composed | by | A. Fry [My Good Old Father's Mill]
   Duff and C. Hodgson, 65 Oxford Street  ::  Sold by Wood & Co. 12 Waterloo Pl. Edinr.

pp.1-5  Plate no. 539  

Short Title  > My good old father's mill : song
Cmp/Arr  > A Fry (19th c.)
Auth/Ed  > Fry, A (19th c.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > (J.) Duff & (C.) Hodgson   |   Wood & Co.

Dru Dr 06/6  RBW 409

I feel that thou art changed | Ballad | The Poetry from | Lady Stepney's Novel | The Three Peers, | The Music Composed & Dedicated to | C. Raper Esqr. | by | M. W. Balfe
   Cramer, Addison & Beale, 201 Regent Street & 67 Conduit Street

pp.1-5  Plate no. 961  Sig. Jane Irvine (in pencil) at top of page; Sig. M. W. Balfe at foot of page.

Short Title  > I feel that thou art changed: ballad
Cmp/Arr  > Michael Balfe (1808-1870)
Auth/Ed  > Stepney, Lady Catherine (1778-1845)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Cramer, Addison & Beale (& Co.)
Dedicatee(s)  > C. Raper Esq.
Former Owner  > Jane Irvine   |   M. W. Balfe

Dru Dr 06/7  RBW 410

The Four-Leaved Shamrock. | No. 8 | of | The Songs of | The Superstitions of Ireland, | Sung by | Mr. Wilson, Mr. J. Russell, Mr. Gould &c. | Written & Composed | by | Samuel Lover Esqr.
[1829]    J. Duff & Co. 65 Oxford Street  ::  Sold by Wood & Co 12 Waterloo Pl. Edinr.

pp.1-5  

Short Title  > The four-leaved shamrock: song
Cmp/Arr  > Samuel Lover (1797-1868)
Auth/Ed  > Lover, Samuel (1797-1868)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > (J.) Duff (& Co.)   |   Wood & Co.
Performer(s)  > Mr Wilson   |   Mr J. Russell   |   Mr Gould

Dru Dr 06/8  RBW 411

No. 4 | Six Songs. | The Poetry | Imitated from the German | by Thos. Oliphant Esqr. | The Music by | Franz Schubert. | Ave Maria.
[1829]    Cramer, Addison & Beale 201 Regent Street  ::  Sold by Wood & Co 12 Waterloo Pl. Edinburgh

pp.1-5  Plate no. 199  

Short Title  > Ave Maria
Cmp/Arr  > Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Auth/Ed  > Oliphant, Thomas (1799-1873)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Cramer, Addison & Beale (& Co.)   |   Wood & Co.

Dru Dr 06/9  RBW 412

The Erl King | Music by Schubert | The English Version by Thos. Oliphant Esqr.
   No attributed printer or publisher

pp.1-11  Plate no. 198  

Voice and keyboard

Short Title  > The Erl King: song
Cmp/Arr  > Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Auth/Ed  > Oliphant, Thomas (1799-1873)

Dru Dr 06/10  RBW 413

Third Series of | Six Songs. | The Poetry | Imitated from the German | by Thos. Oliphant Esqr. | The Music by | Franz Schubert | Weary Flowers their buds are closing
   London Cramer, Addison & Beale, 201, Regent Street & 67, Conduit Street

pp.1-5  Plate no. 421  

Short Title  > Weary flowers their buds are closing: song
Cmp/Arr  > Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Auth/Ed  > Oliphant, Thomas (1799-1873)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Cramer, Addison & Beale (& Co.)

Dru Dr 06/11  RBW 414

Stabat Mater, | for | Two Soprani, Tenor & Bass | And | Chorus | by | G. Rossini. (No. 8 Inflammatus)
   J. Alfred Novello 69 Dean Street

pp.45-54  Plate no. 1071  

Short Title  > Inflammatus: for SSTB & chor.
Cmp/Arr  > Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > J. Alfred Novello

Dru Dr 06/12  RBW 415

Amor voce del cielo | Nocturne a Deux voix | Parole de L. Tarantini, | Composeé et Dedié à | Mame. Thayer née Bertrand, | par | Donizetti
   Mori & Lavenu's 28 New Bond Street  ::  Sold by R. Purdie 28 Princes St. Edinbg.

pp.1-6 (47-52)  Plate no. 3870  

Short Title  > Amor, voce del cielo: nocturne à deux voix
Cmp/Arr  > Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Auth/Ed  > Tarantini, Leopoldo (1811-1882)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Mori & Lavenu   |   Robert Purdie
Dedicatee(s)  > Mme Thayer née Bertrand

Dru Dr 06/13  RBW 416

Giorno d'orrore e di contento, | Duetto | in the Opera of | Semiramide | Composed by | Rossini
[1829]    Metzler & Co 105 Wardour Street  ::  Sold by Wood & Co. 12 Waterloo Pl. Edinbr.

pp.1-5.  

Libretto by Gaetano Rossi

Short Title  > Giorno d'orrore e di contento: voc. duet
Cmp/Arr  > Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Auth/Ed  > Rossi, Gaetano (1774-1855)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Metzler & Co.   |   Wood & Co.

Dru Dr 06/14  RBW 417

Fifth Edition. | Mira la Bianca Luna | La Serenata No. 11 | Rossini's Soirées Musicales | Duet. | Sung by | Signor Grisi and Signor Rubini. | Also by | Madame Frezzolini Poggi and Signor Poggi | in | Fioravanti's Opera, Le Cantatricci Villane. | The Words by | Count Pepoli | The Music Composed and Dedicated to | Madame La Contessa D'Apony, | by | G. Rossini
[1810?]    Willis & Co. 75 Lower Grosvenor Street (Near Bond Street)  ::  Sold by Purdie Edinburgh

pp.1-7  

Short Title  > Mira la bianca luna: serenata (duet)
Cmp/Arr  > Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Auth/Ed  > Pepoli, Carlo (Count) (1796-1881)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Willis & Co.   |   Robert Purdie
Performer(s)  > Sigr Grisi   |   Sigr Rubini   |   Mme Frezzolini Poggi   |   Sigr Poggi

Dru Dr 06/15  RBW 418

Bella Rosa d'un mattino | Romanza | Composed & Dedicated | to Signor Marras, | by | L. Pastina
   R. Mills 140 New Bond Street

pp.1-5  Plate no. 3202  

Short Title  > Bella rosa d'un mattino: romanza
Cmp/Arr  > L Pastina (19th c.)
Auth/Ed  > Pastina, Luigi (19th c.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > R. Mills
Dedicatee(s)  > Sigr Marras

Dru Dr 06/16  RBW 419

Oh Luce di quest'anima | Cavatina, | Composed expressly for, and Sung by | Madame Persiani, | in the admired Opera | Linda di Chamouni [by Donizetti]
   T. Boosey & Co. 28 Holles Street, Oxford St.

pp.1-5  

From the libretto by Gaetano Rossi

Short Title  > Oh, luce di quest'anima: cavatina
Cmp/Arr  > Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Auth/Ed  > Rossi, Gaetano (1774-1855)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > T. Boosey & Co.
Performer(s)  > Mme Persiani

Dru Dr 06/17  RBW 420

Tutto è sciolto oh di funesto, | Scene ed Aria | nell' Opera | La Sonnambula | Del Mo. Bellini
[1829?]    T. Boosey & Co. 28 Holles St. Oxford St., Milan by John Ricordi, Paris by Launer  ::  Sold by Wood & Co Edinburgh

pp.1-17 [125-141]  

Librettist Felice Romani

Short Title  > Tutto è sciolto, oh di funesto!: recit. & aria
Cmp/Arr  > Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
Auth/Ed  > Romani, Felice (1788-1865)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > T. Boosey & Co.   |   Wood & Co.   |   G. Ricordi / John Ricordi   |   Launer

Dru Dr 06/18  RBW 421

'Tranquillo io son', Recit | 'Ombra adorata aspetta'. Air | Composed by | Zingarelli
   Metzler & Co. 105 Wardour St.

pp.1-4  

Added ornaments and pencil marks

Short Title  > Ombra adorata aspetta ('Tranquillo io son'): recit. & aria
Cmp/Arr  > Nicola Antonio Zingarelli (1752-1837)
Auth/Ed  > Foppa, Giuseppe Maria (1760-1845)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Metzler & Co.

Dru Dr 06/19  RBW 422

Dolce fiamma del mio core | Aria | Composed by | S. Meyer {ie Mayer]
   T. Holloway 5 Hanway St. Oxford Street

pp.1-6  

From the libretto for Medea in Corinto by Felice Romani

Short Title  > Dolce fiamma del mio core : aria
Cmp/Arr  > Johann Simon Mayr (1763-1845)
Auth/Ed  > Romani, Felice (1788-1865)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > T. Holloway

Dru Dr 06/20  RBW 423

Stanca di più combattere | Aria | introduced in the opera of | Otello | by Signor Marliani
   Metzler & Co. 105 Wardour St.

pp.1-9  

Short Title  > Stanca di più combattere : aria
Cmp/Arr  > Marco Aurelio Marliani (1803-1849)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Metzler & Co.

Dru Dr 06/21  RBW 424

E fia Ver, | Aria | In the Opera of | Betly, | Composed by | Signor G. Donizetti
   Cramer, Addison & Beale, 201 Regent St. & 67 Conduit Street

pp.1-11  Plate no. 1834  

From Donizetti's own libretto

Short Title  > E fia ver?: aria
Cmp/Arr  > Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Auth/Ed  > Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Cramer, Addison & Beale (& Co.)

Dru Dr 06/22  RBW 425

'Chi mi frena in tal momento' | Quartettino | in the Opera of | Lucia di Lammermoor | Composed by | Donizetti
   T. Holloway 5 Hanway St. Oxford St. Published by Mori & Lavenu 28 New Bond Street

pp.1-7  Plate no. 4088  

From the libretto by Salvadore Cammarano

Short Title  > Chi mi frena in tal momento : quartettino
Cmp/Arr  > Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Auth/Ed  > Cammarano, Salvadore (1801-1852)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > T. Holloway   |   Mori & Lavenu

Dru Dr 06/23  RBW 426

Com' è gentil la Notte, | Serenade | in the Opera Buffa | Don Pasquale Composed by | G. Donizetti
   Cramer Addison & Beale 201 Regent Street & 67 Conduit Street

pp.1-5  Plate no. 3154  

From the libretto by Donizetti and Giovanni Ruffini

Short Title  > Com' è gentil la notte: serenade
Cmp/Arr  > Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Auth/Ed  > Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848)   |   Ruffini, Giovanni (1807-1881)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Cramer, Addison & Beale (& Co.)

Dru Dr 06/24  RBW 427

Stabat Mater | With Latin and English Words | The music by | Rossini. (No. 2 Cuius Animam)
   Mori, Lavenu & Co. 28 New Bond Street

pp.10-14  Plate no. L.373  

Short Title  > Cujus animam gementem (Lat. & Eng.): [tenor aria]
Cmp/Arr  > Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Mori, Lavenu & Co.

Dru Dr 06/25  RBW 428

Com'è gentil la Notte, | Serenade | in the Opera Buffa | Don Pasquale Composed by | G. Donizetti
   Cramer, Addison & Beale, 201 Regent Street & 67 Conduit Street

pp.1-5  Plate no. 3154  

From the libretto by Donizetti and Giovanni Ruffini

Short Title  > Com' è gentil la notte: serenade
Cmp/Arr  > Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Auth/Ed  > Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848)   |   Ruffini, Giovanni (1807-1881)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Cramer, Addison & Beale (& Co.)

Dru Dr 06/26  RBW 429

'Ah la spem e come un fiore' | Duetto | Con Accompagnamento di Corno | Eseguito dal Signor Puzzi | introduced by | Signore Catone e, Ronconi | in the Opera of | Nina Pazza per Amore [by Giovanni Paisiello]. | Composed by | G. Benedict
   Mori & Lavenu 28 New Bond St.

pp.1-7  

From the libretto by Giambattista Lorenzi

Short Title  > Ah, la spem è come un fiore : duet
Cmp/Arr  > G Benedict (18th-19th c.)   |   Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816)   |   Giovanni Puzzi (1792-1876) (arr.)
Auth/Ed  > Lorenzi, Giambattista (1721-1807)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Mori & Lavenu
Performer(s)  > Sigra Catone   |   Sigr Puzzi   |   Sigra Ronconi

Dru Dr 06/27  RBW 430

Care Zitelle | the Favourite Duett, | As sung by Sigr Naldi & Sigra Storace | in the Opera of | Le Due Nozze e un sol Marito [by P.C. Guglielmi] | Composed by | Signor Curccio
   Holloway 5 Hanway St. Oxford St.

pp.1-[8]  

Singers: Sebastiano Naldi, Anna Selina 'Nancy' Storace (1765-1817)

Short Title  > Care zitelle : duet
Cmp/Arr  > Pietro Carlo Guglielmi (1772-1817)   |   Giuseppe Curcio (1752-1832) (arr.)
Auth/Ed  > Anon.
Pr/Pub/Bks  > T. Holloway
Performer(s)  > Sigr Naldi   |   Sigra Storace

Dru Dr 06/28  RBW 431

Cruda funesta smania, | Aria, | [and Pietade in suo favore] In the Opera of | Lucia di Lammermoor | Composed by | Donizetti
   Mori & Lavenu, 28 New Bond St.

pp.1-10  Plate no. 3703  

Pietade in suo favore (pp. 4-10)

From the libretto by Salvadore Cammarano

Short Title  > Cruda, funesta smania: aria
Cmp/Arr  > Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Auth/Ed  > Cammarano, Salvadore (1801-1852)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Mori & Lavenu

Dru Dr 06/29  RBW 432

Non più mesta | Aria | in the opera of | La Cenerentola | composed by | Rossini
   T. Holloway, 5 Hanway St., Oxford St.

pp.1-6  

Short Title  > Non più mesta: aria
Cmp/Arr  > Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Auth/Ed  > Ferretti, Jacopo (1784-1852)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > T. Holloway

Dru Dr 06/30  RBW 433

Numi che sento? A padre! | Recitvo. e Sommo Cielo che un padre amato, | Aria | in the Opera of | La Schiava in Bagdad | Composed by | Signor G. Pacini
[1827 ]    Birchall & Co. 140 New Bond St.  ::  Sold by Patterson Roy George St. Edngh.

pp.1-13  Plate no. 2034  

Short Title  > Sommo cielo che un padre amato: recit. & aria
Cmp/Arr  > Giovanni Pacini (1796-1867)
Auth/Ed  > Pezzi, Vittorio (19th c.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Birchall & Co.   |   Paterson & Roy

Dru Dr 06/31  RBW 434

È pena troppo barbara | Notturno | for Two Voices | Composed by | Niedermeyer
[1829]    Chappell, 50 New Bond Street  ::  Sold by Wood & Co. Waterloo Place Edinb.

pp.1-5  Plate no. 6213  

Short Title  > È pena troppo barbara: nocturne for 2 voices
Cmp/Arr  > Louis Niedermeyer (1802-1861)
Auth/Ed  > Metastasio, Pietro (1698-1782)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Chappell (& Co.)   |   Wood & Co.

Dru Dr 06/32  RBW 435

Tristo e fuor d'ogni speranza | Recitativo e Romanza | sung by | Signor Mario, | The Poetry by M. Maggioni | Composed by | F. Schira
   Cramer, Addison & Beale 201 Regent St. 67 Conduit St.

pp.1-7  Plate no. 2828  

Short Title  > Tristo e fuor d'ogni speranza: recit. & romance
Cmp/Arr  > Francesco Schira (1809-1883)
Auth/Ed  > Maggioni, S Manfredo (1792-1870)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Cramer, Addison & Beale (& Co.)
Performer(s)  > Sigr Mario

Dru Dr 06/33  RBW 436

Ciel pietoso! | Aria | Composed for & dedicated to | Miss Giorgiana Monro | Craig Lockhart | by | John Thomson Esq.
[1827-1829]    Paterson Roy & Co. 27 George Street, Edinburgh  ::  Sold by Wood & Co. 12 Waterloo Pl. Edinburgh

pp.[1]-3  

Short Title  > Ciel pietoso!: aria
Cmp/Arr  > John Thomson (1805-1841)
Auth/Ed  > Thomson, John (1805-1841)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Paterson, Roy & Co.   |   Wood & Co.
Performer(s)  > Miss Giorgiana Monro
Dedicatee(s)  > Miss Giorgiana Monro, Craiglockhart