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

Tuesday 7th 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 10  S.7.11
MISS HAMILTON

Label on front of vol. On initial page, in pencil: Mrs Irvine/Schivas
Dru Dr 10/1  RBW 484

A Selection of | Irish Melodies, | with Symphonies and Accompaniments by | Sir John Stevenson Mus Doc | and Characteristic words by | Thomas Moore Esqr. (First Number)
   J. Powers .. 34 Strand, and W. Powers .. 4 Westmoreland St. Dublin

pp.1-51  

Short Title  > A selection of Irish melodies, vol. 1
Cmp/Arr  > John Stevenson (1761-1833) (arr.)
Auth/Ed  > Moore, Thomas (1779-1852)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > J. Power   |   William Power

Dru Dr 10/2  RBW 485

A Selection | of | Irish Melodies, | with Symphonies and Accompaniments by | Sir John Stevenson Mus.Doc. | and | Characteristic words by | Thomas Moore Esqr. (Second Volume)
   J. Powers .. 34 Strand, and W. Powers .. 4 Westmoreland St. Dublin

pp.52-102  

Short Title  > A selection of Irish melodies, vol. 2
Cmp/Arr  > John Stevenson (1761-1833) (arr.)
Auth/Ed  > Moore, Thomas (1779-1852)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > J. Power   |   William Power

Dru Dr 10/3  RBW 486

Hope told a flattering tale, | with Variations for the | Piano Forte | Composed by | Lewis von Beethoven
[1810-13]    Broderip & Wilkinson 13 Haymarket  ::  Sold by R. Purdie 35 Princes Street

pp.1-5  

Variations on the duet 'Nel cor più non mi sento' from Paisiello's La Molinara, produced in London at the King's Theatre in 1803. The duet was later introduced with its English title in the opera Artaxerxes by T. A. Arne

Short Title  > (Paisiello's) Hope told a flattering tale ('Nel cor più non mi sento'): piano variations
Cmp/Arr  > Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) (arr.)   |   Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816)   |   Thomas Arne (1710-1778)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Broderip & Wilkinson   |   Robert Purdie

Dru Dr 10/4  RBW 487

Mary | From the Celebrated Poem of | The Lady of the Lake | Wrote by Walter Scott Esqr. | Composed as a Canzonett by | N. Corri
[1805-13]    N. Corri at his Music and Musical Instrument Warehouse front of the Theatre Royal head of Leith Walk, Edinburgh

pp.1-2  

Short Title  > Mary: canzonet
Cmp/Arr  > Natale Corri (1765-1822)
Auth/Ed  > Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > N. Corri

Dru Dr 10/5  RBW 488

The Favorite Canzonet | of | Mamma Mia | As Sung by Sigr. Viganoni
[1805-13]    N. Corri .. Head of Leith Walk Edinburgh  ::  J. Johnson Sculpt. Edinr.  

pp.1-3  

By G. F. Pinto arr. N. Corri? Orig. pub. c1800 - BUC

Short Title  > The favourite canzonet of Mamma Mia
Cmp/Arr  > Natale Corri (1765-1822) (arr.)   |   George Pinto (1785-1806)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > N. Corri
Performer(s)  > Sigr Viganoni

Dru Dr 10/6  RBW 489

My heart with Love is Beating | a favorite Ballad Sung by | Mr. Braham, | at the | Theatre Royal Drury Lane | Adapted with an Accompaniment for the | Harp or Piano Forte.
[1805-13]    N. Corri .. Head of Leith Walk Edinburgh

pp.1-3  Plate no. 21  

By W. Shield (arr. N. Corri?)

Short Title  > My heart with love is beating: ballad
Cmp/Arr  > William Shield (1748-1829)   |   Natale Corri (1765-1822) (arr.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > N. Corri
Performer(s)  > Mr Braham

Dru Dr 10/7  RBW 490

[Caption title: A Canadian Boat Song | Arranged for Three Voices | by Thos. Moore Esqr.]
   No attributed printer or publisher

pp.1-5  

Short Title  > A Canadian boat song: for 3 vv
Cmp/Arr  > Thomas Moore (1779-1852)

Dru Dr 10/8  RBW 491

The Original Song | of | Cease Your Funning | from the | Beggar's Opera. | To which is added the Set with all the Ornaments and | Graces as Sung with the greatest applause | by | Madame Catalani | arranged by | Natale Corri
[1805-13]    N. Corri .. head of Leith Walk, Edinburgh

pp.2-3  

Orig. by John Gay

Short Title  > Cease your funning: song
Cmp/Arr  > Natale Corri (1765-1822) (arr.)   |   John Gay (1685-1732)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > N. Corri
Performer(s)  > Mme / Sigra Catalani

Dru Dr 10/9  RBW 492

Farewell ye Limpid Streams. | As Sung by Madame Mara at the Assembly Rooms Edinburgh
[1798-1818]    Printed & Sold by Muir Wood & Co. Edinburgh.

pp.[1]-2  

From Handel's Jephtha, librettist Thomas Morell

Short Title  > Farewell ye limpid streams: air
Cmp/Arr  > George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Auth/Ed  > Morell, Thomas (1703-1784)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Muir Wood & Co.
Performer(s)  > Mme Mara

Dru Dr 10/10  RBW 493

Mrs. Billington's | much admired Song introduced at the | Theatre Royal Edinr. | in the Opera of | Lionel & Clarissa
[1802-13]    N. Corri, Edinburgh

pp.1-3  Plate no. 20  

A pasticcio arr. C Dibdin 1768

Short Title  > Mrs Billington's much admired song
Cmp/Arr  > Charles Dibdin (1745-1814)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > N. Corri
Performer(s)  > Mrs Billington

Dru Dr 10/11  RBW 494

The Favorite Song | Chi dice mal D'Amore | Sung by | Mrs. Billington | and | Madame Catalani | in the Opera of | Il Fanatico Per la Musica | Composed by Sigr. Mayer
[1803-13]    N. Corri Head of Leith Walk, Edinburgh

pp.1-5  Plate no. 30  

Short Title  > Chi dice mal d'amore: duet
Cmp/Arr  > Johann Simon Mayr (1763-1845)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > N. Corri
Performer(s)  > Mrs Billington   |   Mme / Sigra Catalani

Dru Dr 10/12  RBW 495

Angels ever bright and Fair | A Favorite Song | (Sung with universal applause) | from the | Oratorio of Theodora | Composed by | Mr. Handel
[1800-13?]    G. Goulding 45 Pall Mall  ::  Sold by N. Corry (sic) Edinburgh

pp.1-3  

In score

Librettist Thomas Morell

Short Title  > Angels ever bright and fair: song
Cmp/Arr  > George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Auth/Ed  > Morell, Thomas (1703-1784)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > G. Goulding   |   N. Corri

Dru Dr 10/13  RBW 496

Good Night! | A Ballad | The | Music and Words | By | Thomas Moore Esqr.
   Printed for James Carpenter Old Bond Street 1803

pp.1-4  

Short Title  > Good night! : a ballad
Cmp/Arr  > Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
Auth/Ed  > Moore, Thomas (1779-1852)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > James Carpenter

Dru Dr 10/14  RBW 497

Said a Smile to a Tear | Braham's | Celebrated Piano Forte Song | Sung & Accompanied by the | Author | In the Opera | False Alarms | at the | Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
[1810-13]    Goulding, Phipps, D'Almaine & Co., 124 New Bond Street and 7 Westmorland St. Dublin  ::  Sold by R. Purdie 35 Princes Strt. Edinburgh

pp.22-27  

Short Title  > Said a smile to a tear: song
Cmp/Arr  > John Braham (1774-1856)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Goulding, Phipps, D'Almaine & Co.   |   Robert Purdie
Performer(s)  > Mr Braham

Dru Dr 10/15  RBW 498

The Death of | General Abercrombie | Sung by Mr. Braham at the | Theatre Royal Covent Garden | In the Comic Opera of the | Thirty Thousand | The Words by T. Dibdin the Music by | J. Braham
   Hime 34 College Green, Dublin

pp.1-4  

Added ornaments in pencil

Short Title  > The death of General Abercrombie: recit. & aria
Cmp/Arr  > John Braham (1774-1856)
Auth/Ed  > Dibdin, Thomas (1771-1841)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > [M.] Hime
Performer(s)  > Mr Braham

Dru Dr 10/16  RBW 499

Blanche of Deban's Song | They bid me Sleep | They bid me Pray. | From the Celebrated Poem of the | Lady of the Lake | Written by Walter Scott Esqr. | Composed and Respectfully Inscribed to | Miss Mary Johnstone Hope | by | N. Corri
[1805-13]    N. Corri Leith Walk Birchall's 133 New Bond Street

pp.1-5  

Short Title  > They bid me sleep, they bid me pray: song
Cmp/Arr  > Natale Corri (1765-1822)
Auth/Ed  > Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > N. Corri   |   Robert Birchall
Dedicatee(s)  > Miss Mary Johnstone Hope

Dru Dr 10/17  RBW 500

The Glad Trumpet | Sounds A Victory | Sung by Mr. Braham | at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in the Opera of | The Travellers, | or Music's Fascination | Composed by D. Corri, Written by Mr. Cherry
[c1800]    Printed & Sold at 13 Oxendon Str. Hay Market

pp.1-4  

Added ornaments in pencil

Short Title  > The glad trumpet sounds a victory: song
Cmp/Arr  > Domenico Corri (1746-1825)
Auth/Ed  > Cherry, Andrew (1762-1812)
Performer(s)  > Mr Braham

Dru Dr 10/18  RBW 501

Ave Maria | Hymn to the Virgin | From the Popular Poem of the | Lady of the Lake | Written by Walter Scott Esqr. | Composed and Respectfully Inscribed to | The Right Honble. | Lady Harriet Plunkett | by | N. Corri
[1805-13]    N. Corri .. Head of Leith Walk, Birchall's 133 New Bond Street

pp.1-5  

Short Title  > Ave Maria, hymn to the Virgin
Cmp/Arr  > Natale Corri (1765-1822)
Auth/Ed  > Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > N. Corri   |   Robert Birchall
Dedicatee(s)  > Lady Harriet Plunkett

Dru Dr 10/19  RBW 502

Thou Pride of the Forest | A Favorite Canzonet | With an Accompaniment for the | Piano Forte or Harp by | L. Kozeluch. | The English Poetry by Lord Viscount Strangford.
[1805-13]    N. Corri Leith Walk

pp.1-2  Plate no. 33  

Added ornaments in pencil

Short Title  > Thou pride of the forest: canzonet
Cmp/Arr  > Leopold Kozeluch (1747-1818)
Auth/Ed  > Smythe, Percy, 6th Viscount Strangford (1780-1855)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > N. Corri

Dru Dr 10/20  RBW 503

The British Warrior | Written by | Major Charles James | The Music Composed by | H. De Monti
[1805-13]    N. Corri Head of Leith Walk

pp.1-5  Plate no. 31  

Added ornaments

Short Title  > The British warrior
Cmp/Arr  > Henrico de Monti (c1758-a.1830)
Auth/Ed  > James, Major Charles (c1758-1821)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > N. Corri

Dru Dr 10/21  RBW 504

Papa | A Favorite Canzonetta, | Sung in the King's Theatre Hay Market | by | Madame Catalani, | In the Opera of | Il Furbo contro il Furbo, | The Melody by Mme. Catalani, | The Accompaniments by | G. G. Ferrari | The words by Buonaiuti
   No attributed printer or publisher

pp.1-4  

Added ornaments in pencil

Original composed by Fioravanti

Short Title  > Papà: canzonetta
Cmp/Arr  > Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari (1763-1842) (arr.)   |   Angelica Catalani (1780-1849)   |   Valentino Fioravanti (1764-1837)
Auth/Ed  > Buonaiuti, Serafino (19th c.)
Performer(s)  > Mme / Sigra Catalani

Dru Dr 10/22  RBW 505

Steibelt's | Celebrated | Turkish Rondo, | for the | Piano Forte, | or | Harp
[1800-13]    C. Wheatstone .. 436 Strand  ::  Sold by N. Corri Edinburgh

pp.2-5  

Short Title  > Turkish rondo for the pianoforte or harp
Cmp/Arr  > Daniel Steibelt (1765-1823)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > C. Wheatstone   |   N. Corri

Dru Dr 10/23  RBW 506

Clementis celebrated Octave Lesson | From Op. 2, for the | Piano Forte
[1800-13]    N. Corri Head of Leith Walk

pp.2-9  

Short Title  > Clementi's celebrated octave lesson from Op. 2: for piano
Cmp/Arr  > Muzio Clementi (1752-1832)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > N. Corri

Dru Dr 10/24  RBW 507

News from Portugal, | A Fashionable Country | Dance | To which are added, Three | English Country Dances | For the Year 1811 | with an Explanation of the figures affixed to each Tune
[1811]    Printed & Sold by Penson Robertson & Co. Music Salon 20 Princes Street. Edinburgh

pp.[1-2] 6-9  

Short Title  > News from Portugal, and three English country dances: keyboard?
Cmp/Arr  > Anon.
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Penson Robertson & Co.

Dru Dr 10/25  RBW 508

Rondo in the Gipsy style
   No attributed printer or publisher

pp.6-9  Plate no. C M  

Haydn's Gipsy rondo for piano

Short Title  > Rondo in the gipsy style: for piano
Cmp/Arr  > Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Dru Dr 10/26  RBW 509

Three Favorite Waltzes, &c. | as Performed at the | Theatre Royal Edinburgh | Arranged for the Piano Forte
   Penson Robertson & Co 20 Princes St. Edinburgh

pp.1-3  

Short Title  > Three favourite waltzes as performed at the Theatre Royal: for piano
Cmp/Arr  > Anon.
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Penson Robertson & Co.

Dru Dr 10/27  RBW 510

Lady Matilda Bruce's Reel, | Composed by | Nath: Gow. | To which is added Four favourite Tunes as Performed | at all the Fashionable Meetings in Autumn | 1810
[a.1810]    Gow & Shepherd 16 Princes St. Edinburgh, John Gow 31 Carnaby St. Golden Sq. London

pp.1-2  Plate no. 105  

Short Title  > Lady Matilda Bruce's reel, [etc.]: keyboard
Cmp/Arr  > Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Gow & Shepherd
Dedicatee(s)  > Lady Matilda Bruce

Dru Dr 10/28  RBW 511

Madame Catalani's | Favourite German Waltz | for the | Piano Forte
[1805-13]    N. Corri head of Leith Walk

pp.1-4  Plate no. 18  

Short Title  > Madame Catalani's favourite German waltz: for piano
Cmp/Arr  > Angelica Catalani (1780-1849)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > N. Corri
Performer(s)  > Mme / Sigra Catalani

Dru Dr 10/29  RBW 512

The Marquis of Queensberry's Medley | Composed by | Nath: Gow | To which is added Three favorite Tunes all as Performed at | his Annual Ball in George Street Assembly Rooms 5th Mar. 1811
[a.1811]    Gow & Shepherd 16 Princes St. Edinburgh, John Gow 31 Carnaby St. Golden Sq.

pp.1-2  

Short Title  > The Marquis of Queensberry's medley [etc.]: for piano?
Cmp/Arr  > Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Gow & Shepherd
Dedicatee(s)  > Marquis of Queensberry