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 15  S.7. 5
MUSIC

Beatrice Irvine | June | 1836
Dru Dr 15/1  RBW 559

Mira, O Norma, a tuoi Ginocchi, | Duet, | sung by | Made. Pasta & Made. de Meric, | in the Opera of Norma, | composed by | V. Bellini
[1827]    S. Chappell .. 50, New Bond Street  ::  Sold by Paterson, Roy & Co. 27, George Street. Edinbr

pp.1-4  Plate no. 4307  

Vocal duet with piano (with added ornaments)

Librettist Felice Romani

Short Title  > Mira, O Norma, a tuoi ginocchi: duet
Cmp/Arr  > Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
Auth/Ed  > Romani, Felice (1788-1865)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > S. Chappell   |   Paterson, Roy & Co.
Performer(s)  > Mme Pasta   |   Mme de Meric

Dru Dr 15/2  RBW 560

[Caption title] Trio Perfida Clori
   Printed by Metzler & Co. 105 Wardour Street

pp.3-6  

Vocal trio with keyboard

Joseph Monds' arrangement of an original score by Cherubini?

Short Title  > Perfida Clori: trio
Cmp/Arr  > Joseph Monds (19th c.) (arr.)   |   Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Metzler & Co.

Dru Dr 15/3  RBW 561

La Calabrese, | Duetto, | per | soprano e contralto, | Composto e Dedicato | alle | Signorine Hammersley, | dal | Cave. Mo. V. Gabussi
[1827]    T. Boosey & Co. .. 28, Holles Street, Oxford Street  ::  Sold by Paterson Roy & Co. 27, George Street, Edinr.

pp.1-9  Beatrice G.(?) Irvine

Vocal duet with piano

Short Title  > La calabrese: duet (Sop+Cont)
Cmp/Arr  > Vincenzo Gabussi (1800-1846)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > T. Boosey & Co.   |   Paterson, Roy & Co.
Dedicatee(s)  > The Misses Hammersley
Former Owner  > Beatrice Irvine

Dru Dr 15/4  RBW 563

Care Pupille [and] Amor Che Nasce | Duett[s] by Blangini Arranged by T.T. McGrath
   No attributed printer or publisher

pp.1-5, 6-8  Sig. Beatrice Irvine

Vocal duet with piano

Is this T.T. Magrath? Each work has its own caption title

Short Title  > Care pupille [and] Amor che nasce (by Blangini): duets
Cmp/Arr  > T T Magrath (c1803-1865) (arr.)   |   Felice Blangini (1781-1841)
Former Owner  > Beatrice Irvine

Dru Dr 15/5  RBW 564

Ebben si aduni - recitvo. e | Tu vedrai la sventurata | Aria, In the Opera of | Il Pirata, | Sung by Signor Donzelli. | Composed by | Signor Bellini
[1827]    Lonsdale & Mills, 140 New Bond Street  ::  Sold by Paterson Roy & Co. 27, George Street Edinr.

pp.1-9  Plate no. 2406  Sig. Beatrice Irvine

Voice and piano

Librettist Felice Romani

Short Title  > Ebben si aduni [and] Tu vedrai la sventurata: recit. & aria
Cmp/Arr  > Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Lonsdale & Mills   |   Paterson, Roy & Co.
Performer(s)  > Sigr Donzelli
Former Owner  > Beatrice Irvine

Dru Dr 15/6  RBW 565

O Stranier che di bell' Opre | Canzonetta, | with an Accompaniment | for the | Piano Forte by | T. Bucher
[1827]    No attributed printer or publisher   ::  [Sold by] Paterson & Roy Music Sellers 27, George Street [Edinburgh]

pp.1-3  Sig. Beatrice Irvine

Voice and piano

Short Title  > O stranier che di bell' opre: canzonetta
Cmp/Arr  > Théophile Bucher (1802-1871)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Paterson & Roy
Former Owner  > Beatrice Irvine

Dru Dr 15/7  RBW 566

Ascolta-se Romeo t'uccise un figlio, | Cavatina - in the Opera of | I Capuleti ed I Montecchi | composed by | Signor Bellini
   Lonsdale & Mills, 140 New Bond Street

pp.1-7  Plate no. 2652  Sig. Beatrice Irvine

Voice and keyboard

Librettist Felice Romani

Short Title  > Ascolta-se Romeo t'uccise un figlio: cavatina
Cmp/Arr  > Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
Auth/Ed  > Romani, Felice (1788-1865)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Lonsdale & Mills
Performer(s)  > Sigr Rubini
Former Owner  > Beatrice Irvine

Dru Dr 15/8  RBW 567

Che mai sarà di me - recit e | nel fior degli anni miei, | Cavatina - sung by Signor Rubini | in the Opera of L'Ajo nell' Imbarazzo | composed by | Signor Donizetti
[1827]    Lonsdale & Mills, 140 New Bond Street  ::  Sold by Paterson Roy & Co. 27 George Street Edinr.

pp.1-7  Plate no. 2681  Sig. Beatrice Irvine

Voice and piano

From the libretto by Jacopo Ferretti

Short Title  > Che mai sarà di me, e nel fior degli anni miei: recit. & cavatina
Cmp/Arr  > Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Auth/Ed  > Ferretti, Jacopo (1784-1852)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Lonsdale & Mills   |   Paterson, Roy & Co.
Performer(s)  > Sigr Rubini
Former Owner  > Beatrice Irvine

Dru Dr 15/9  RBW 568

Moonlight, Music, Love & Flowers, | Duet | Written by | Harry Stoe Van Dyk, | Composed by, | John Barnett
[1827]    Mayhew & Co .. 17 Old Bond Street  ::  Sold by Paterson Roy & Co. 27 George Street, Edinr.

pp.2-7  Sig. Beatrice Irvine Schivas

Vocal duet with keyboard

Short Title  > Moonlight, music, love & flowers: duet
Cmp/Arr  > John Barnett (1802-1890)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Mayhew & Co.   |   Paterson, Roy & Co.
Former Owner  > Beatrice Irvine

Dru Dr 15/10  RBW 569

Italian Ariettas, | Duetts &c. | With Accompaniment for the | Piano Forte, | by | Celebrated Composers. | No. 16 | (Buona notte amato bene | Romanza [by Franz Hünten])
[1823]    Robt. Purdie .. 83 Princes Street

pp.2-3  Sig. Beatrice Irvine

Voice and piano

Short Title  > Buona notte, amato bene: romanza
Cmp/Arr  > Franz Hünten (1792-1878)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Robert Purdie
Former Owner  > Beatrice Irvine

Dru Dr 15/11  RBW 570

Italian Ariettas, | Duetts &c. | With Accompaniment for the | Piano Forte, | by | Celebrated Composers. | No 13 | (Soave immagine d'amor, | Cavatina. | Composed by | Signor Mercadante)
[1823]    Robt. Purdie .. 83 Princes Street

pp.2-3  Sig. Beatrice Irvine July 10

Voice and piano

Short Title  > Soave immagine d'amor: cavatina
Cmp/Arr  > Saverio Mercadante (1795-1870)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Robert Purdie
Former Owner  > Beatrice Irvine

Dru Dr 15/12  RBW 571

Lasciami! Non t'ascolto, | Duet | in Tancredi, | Composed by | G. Rossini
[1827]    Metzler & Co. 105, Wardour Street  ::  Sold by Paterson Roy & Co. 27 George Street Edinr.

pp.1-10  Sig. Beatrice Irvine April 1836

Vocal duet with piano

Short Title  > Lasciami! Non t'ascolto: duet
Cmp/Arr  > Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Metzler & Co.   |   Paterson, Roy & Co.
Former Owner  > Beatrice Irvine

Dru Dr 15/13  RBW 572

A | Favorite Scotch Set | of | Quadrilles | With an Admired | Gallopade | As Performed by | Spindler's Band | At the Assemblies. | Arranged for the | Piano Forte, | by | J.G.L. Spindler
[1827]    No attributed printer or publisher   ::  Paterson, Roy & Co. .. 27 George Street, Edinr.

pp.1-6  Sig. Beatrice Irvine April 1836

Short Title  > A favourite Scotch set of quadrilles, [etc]: for piano
Cmp/Arr  > Julian Gustave Spindler (b.1783)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Paterson, Roy & Co.
Performer(s)  > Spindler
Former Owner  > Beatrice Irvine

Dru Dr 15/14  RBW 573

The Celebrated Galop | from | Gustavus the Third, | Arranged For One or Two Performers on the | Piano Forte, | by | S.T. Rosenberg
[1827]    Copyright D'Almaine & Co. Soho Square  ::  Sold by Paterson Roy & Co. 27 George Street Edinr.

pp.1-3  Sig. Mrs. Irvine

Short Title  > The celebrated Galop from Gustavus the Third : for piano solo or duet
Cmp/Arr  > Daniel Auber (1782-1871)   |   S T Rosenberg. (19th c.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > D'Almaine & Co.   |   Paterson, Roy & Co.
Former Owner  > Mrs Irvine

Dru Dr 15/15  RBW 574

Hart's, | Thirty-First Set of Quadrilles, | from | Masaniello, | Arranged as | Duetts, | for two Performers on the | Piano Forte, | with an Accompaniment for the | Harp (ad lib.) | by | N.B. Challoner.
[1821-32]    Mayhew & Co. .. 17 Old Bond Street  ::  Sold by Robertson. 47 Princes Street Edinburgh

pp.2-13  Sig. B. [&] J. Irvine

'Masaniello' is Daniel Auber's La muette de Portici.

Short Title  > Hart's thirty-first set of quadrilles: for piano duet with harp ad lib.
Cmp/Arr  > Neville Butler Challoner (1784-1851) (arr.)   |   Daniel Auber (1782-1871)   |   Joseph Binns Hart (1794-1844)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Mayhew & Co.   |   Robertson
Former Owner  > Beatrice Irvine   |   Jane Irvine

Dru Dr 15/16  RBW 575

Fantasia Brillante | pour le | Piano Forte, | sur des Thêmes de l'Opera | Semiramide de Rossini, | Composée et Dediée a, | Miss M.C. Williams, | par Francois Hunten. | Op. 29
[1829]    R. Cocks & Co. .. 20 Princes Strt. Hanover Sqre.  ::  Sold by Wood & Co. 12 Waterloo Pl. Edinr.

pp.2-17  Sig. Beatrice Irvine June 4th

Short Title  > Fantasia brillante sur des thêmes de Semiramide de Rossini Op. 29: for piano
Cmp/Arr  > Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)   |   Franz Hünten (1792-1878)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > (R.) Cocks & Co.   |   Wood & Co.
Dedicatee(s)  > Miss M.C. Williams
Former Owner  > Beatrice Irvine

Dru Dr 15/17  RBW 576

Anticipations of Scotland. | A | Grand Fantasia In which are introduced the Favorite Airs | Kelvingrove, Auld Robin Gray, | and | Lord Moira's Strathspey | For the | Piano Forte, | With | Orchestral Accompaniments | (Ad libitum). | Composed by | I. Moscheles. | Op. 75
[1829]    J.B. Cramer, Addison & Beale, 201, Regent Street and S. Chappell, 135, New Bond Street  ::  Sold by Wood & Co. 12 Waterloo Pl. Edinr.

pp.2-19  Plate no. 604  

Short Title  > Anticipations of Scotland Op. 75: grand fantasia
Cmp/Arr  > Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > J.B. Cramer, Addison & Beale   |   S. Chappell   |   Wood & Co.

Dru Dr 15/18  RBW 577

Variations | Pour le | Piano Forte | Sur un | Air National Autrichien | Composées par | J.P. Pixis. | Op. 39
[1829]    Wood & Cmpy. 12, Waterloo Place, Edinburgh

pp.2-13  

Short Title  > Variations sur un air national autrichien Op.39: for piano
Cmp/Arr  > Johann Peter Pixis (1788-1874)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Wood & Co.

Dru Dr 15/19  RBW 578

The | Favorite Ballad | 'O'er the mountain, o'er the lea,' | Composed by G.A. Hodson, | Arranged with | Variations for the Piano Forte. | By | The author
   S. Chappell .. 50 New Bond Street

pp.1-5  Plate no. 4067  

Short Title  > O'er the mountain, o'er the lea: piano variations
Cmp/Arr  > G A Hodson (c1790-1863)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > S. Chappell

Dru Dr 15/20  RBW 579

Rest Weary Traveller, | The celebrated | Duet, | from the | Devil's Bridge, | Composed by | Mr. Braham, | Arranged with Variations | for the | Piano Forte, | By | G. Kiallmark
[1826-43]    Goulding & D'Almaine, 20 Soho Square  ::  Stamp of Mortimer and Anderson & Co. Edinburgh

pp.2-7 (61-66)  

Les Petits Bijoux No.12

Short Title  > Rest, weary traveller: piano variations
Cmp/Arr  > George Kiallmark (1781-1835) (arr.)   |   John Braham (1774-1856)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Goulding, D'Almaine, Potter & Co.   |   Mortimer (and) Anderson & Co.

Dru Dr 15/21  RBW 580

No. 1 | Les Trois Bijoux, | pour le | Piano Forte. .. Dediées a | The Misses Hirst, | Composés par | Charles Chaulieu
   R. Cocks & Co. .. 20 Princes Strt. Hanover Sqre.

pp.1-7  Plate no. 1408  

Added pencil fingerings

Short Title  > Les trois bijoux: for piano
Cmp/Arr  > Charles Chaulieu (1788-1849)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > (R.) Cocks & Co.
Dedicatee(s)  > The Misses Hirst

Dru Dr 15/22  RBW 581

Troisieme Edition. | L'Amour et les Roses, | Air Varié | pour le | Piano Forte, | Par | G. Kiallmark. | Author, Elm Lodge, St. John's Wood
[1829]    No attributed printer or publisher   ::  Sold by Wood & Co. 12 Waterloo Pl. Edinr.

pp.1-7  Sig. Jane C. Irvine March 1835

Short Title  > L'amour et les roses: piano variations
Cmp/Arr  > George Kiallmark (1781-1835)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Wood & Co.
Former Owner  > J. C. Irvine

Dru Dr 15/23  RBW 582

The Duke of Reichstadt's Waltz, | as Performed by the | Court & Military Bands, | arranged for the Piano Forte, | by | P. Musard
[1827]    D'Almaine & Co., Soho Square  ::  Sold by Paterson Roy & Co. 27, George Street Edinr.

pp.1-3  Sig. Beatrice Irvine

Also: Catalogue added 'Guitar music, and quadrilles, waltzes &c. for the pianoforte.'

Short Title  > The Duke of Reichstadt's waltz: for piano
Cmp/Arr  > Philippe Musard (1792-1859)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > D'Almaine & Co.   |   Paterson, Roy & Co.
Former Owner  > Beatrice Irvine

Dru Dr 15/24  RBW 583

L'Amateur Pianiste, No.55. | La Rage des Viennois. | Variations Brillantes. | sur la Valse favorite du | Prince Metternich, | (Aussi Nommée 'Souvenir de Pest,' de Strauss.) | Composée pour le Piano Forte, | par | Charles Czerny. | Op. 334
   Wessel & Co. .. 6, Frith Street, Soho Square

pp.2-15  Plate no. W & Co. 1488  

Short Title  > La rage des Viennois (by Strauss Sr) [Op.334]: piano variations
Cmp/Arr  > Carl Czerny (1791-1857) (arr.)   |   Johann Strauss I (1804-1849)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Wessel & Co.

Dru Dr 15/25  RBW 584

Rossini's | Overture | to | Otello. | Arranged for two Performers | on the | Piano Forte, | by | A. Diabelli
[1829]    Metzler & Co. 105 Wardour Street  ::  Sold by Wood & Co. 12 Waterloo Pl. Edin.

pp.2-15  Sig. B & J Irvine 13 Claremont Crescent

Short Title  > Rossini's overture to Otello: piano duet
Cmp/Arr  > Antonio Diabelli (1781-1858) (arr.)   |   Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Metzler & Co.   |   Wood & Co.
Former Owner  > Beatrice Irvine   |   Jane Irvine